haiku lacks input methods and rendering for languages written from right to left

[khallebal]

hi devs haiku is missing the different input methods for the languages written from right to left,(eg.arabic,hebrew)to name a few,and this seemed to me as a must-have before R1 is out,to allow people read/write documents in their language,even if haiku is not totaly translated to their language. i'm already registred as a translater for the arabic language,i'm also on the haiku-i18n mailinglist registred as :khallebal cheers.

[pulkomandy]

Screenshot comparing stylededit (wrong) and some Qt editor (good rendering)

[pulkomandy]

Test arabic text encoded as utf-8

[anevilyak]

(In #7417) Duplicate of #6950.

[X512]

Arabic language rendering in Qt

[pulkomandy]

Hi, You also mentionned the need for an input method. Is there anything special needed there or is it just about moving the text caret in the reverse direction? Are there examples of how other systems handle this?

[khallebal]

Hi I don't know whether the bindings are part of the input method? maybe not, that's more likely part of the back-end which will do the actual scripting,so your guess is as good as mine,The Qt src might give you a better insight though, sorry for not being more helpful.