AbiWord is Open Source. We'd like to support right-to-left writing
systems (like Hebrew), but we're probably going to need help from
someone in the community in order to get it done.
--On Mon, Apr 05, 1999 at 07:58:48PM +0300, Micha Feigin wrote: > Return-Path: <owner-abiword-dev@abisource.com> > Received: (from majordomo@localhost) > by postman.abisource.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id MAA11120 > for abiword-dev-outgoing; Mon, 5 Apr 1999 12:01:41 -0500 > Received: (from andy@localhost) > by postman.abisource.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id MAA11114 > for abiword-dev@abisource.com; Mon, 5 Apr 1999 12:01:40 -0500 > Received: from kinneret.kinneret.co.il (kinneret.kinneret.co.il [207.232.16.1]) > by postman.abisource.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA10925 > for <abiword-dev@abisource.com>; Mon, 5 Apr 1999 11:59:20 -0500 > Received: from yahoo.com (i29.kinneret.co.il [207.232.16.41]) > by kinneret.kinneret.co.il (8.9.1/3.7W-98120412) with ESMTP id UAA22974; > Mon, 5 Apr 1999 20:02:46 GMT > Message-ID: <3708EBC7.30B62D85@yahoo.com> > Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 19:58:48 +0300 > From: Micha Feigin <kamikaza_mic@yahoo.com> > X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; I) > X-Accept-Language: he,en > MIME-Version: 1.0 > To: abiword-dev@abisource.com > Subject: Sugestion: write to left writing support > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Sender: owner-abiword-dev@abisource.com > Precedence: bulk
> I was wondering if it is possible/likely/any chance of adding support > for righting right to left languages, for all those out there writing > documents in the wrong direction (as there is no > non-comercial/obtainable word processor out there for linux right now > that can manage that). > Just a thought. > Thanx
-- Eric W. Sink, Software Craftsman eric@abisource.com