Kate & bidi

[Christoph Cullmann]

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> My tip is to wait until Qt-3.2. I've rewritten a lot of the Qt internals,
> and speed should not be an issue (when using Qt correctly). An issue you
> will get in addition is that Qt-3.2 will start supporting indic languages
> (Hindi etc.) which will add another level of complexity to text layout and
> editing.
>
> It took me 3-4 months of full time work to get all these language issues
> sorted out, and I would really advise you against trying to implement it on
> your own.
>
> Qt 3.2 will have some API for doing correct text layouting and cursor
> positioning for all languages. Using this API should make an implementation
> rather straightforward.
>
> I am willing to help getting support for complex writing systems into the
> KDE input widgets (I think this is mainly kate and kword) once the first
> 3.2 beta is out.
As you are the "bidi" expert, I think we (the kate devs) should follow your 
proposal and wait for qt 3.2. If you even help a bit then as mentioned, a BIG 
thx ;)

cu
Christoph

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Christoph Cullmann
KDE Developer, kde.org Maintainance Team
http://www.babylon2k.de, cullmann at kde.org
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