Kate & bidi

[Hamish Rodda]

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On Thursday 24 April 2003 01:52, Lars Knoll wrote:
> > I have invested some time in figuring out how to get Kate to do bidi...
> > it's not going to be that hard in the end, but just deciding which way to
> > go at the implementation level will be the key, including which bits to
> > use qt for and which bits to re-implement ourselves.  I have a feeling
> > that the easiest implementation (using qt functions) will not be the
> > fastest :(
>
> 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.

Sounds perfect, thanks.

Cheers,
Hamish.
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