windows 2000 -------- Original-Nachricht -------- Datum: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 15:15:01 -0700 Von: Chris Little <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> An: SWORD Developers\' Collaboration Forum <sword-devel@crosswire.org> Betreff: Re: [sword-devel] Bug RtoL support in WinSword
> Which version of Windows are you using? Which version of MSIE do you > have installed? Is your version of Windows a localized version? > > Right to left language support is bad in Windows 9x. There is no > reasonable way for us to fix this for these versions of Windows which > aren't even supported by MS any longer. > > Everything works fine in WinXP. I think Win2K is fine too. It sounds > like there may be a bug in the algorithm that detects whether to reverse > codepoint order in Win9x, but it was never more than a hack anyway. > > --Chris > > > Peter von Kaehne wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have created (not yet posted to you) a Farsi complete Bible module. > > > > In the process I think I have found a bug within Sword for Windows RtoL > support. > > > > I am running the newest published version (not a development version but > 1.5.9) > > > > My module is UTF-8 encoded and needs RtoL support. So I added copying > from arasvd.conf the relevant directions. > > > > As a result my text is mirror imaged in Sword for Windows, while working > perfectly in Gnomesword. > > > > I then took the "Direction=RtoL" out of farsi.conf and had suddenly > readable RtoL text, but now the verses where ordered all from left to right. > > > > I then looked at the existing Arabic module which specifically mentions > in its config file "RtoL Support added" or some such and found that it has > the same behaviour in WinSword - while I do not speak Arabic I am able to > discern enough of the vocabulary dt my Farsi knowledge which shares script > and some vocabulary > > > > Removing the Direction=RtoL directive suddenly makes that module also > readable but again the verses as blocks ordered the wrong way round. > > > > This problem does not appear in gnomesword. I do not think it is in > Bibletime either. > > > > In Gnomesword it is actually the other way round - if the Direction=RtoL > is missing the text is ordered wrongly LtoR on a verse block level, though > individual verses are readable RtoL. > > > > This is a serious bug for the existing Arabic module and makes my > current work on Farsi and some other RtoL modules pretty much unusuable in the > Windows version. I am not sure whether other modules are affected. Presumably > Hebvrew? I can not comment on MacSword > > > > Peter > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page -- Der GMX SmartSurfer hilft bis zu 70% Ihrer Onlinekosten zu sparen! Ideal für Modem und ISDN: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/smartsurfer _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
