[kde-edu]: KHangMan and Arabic Script

[Anne-Marie Mahfouf]

On Sunday 29 November 2009 18:45:27 Sabine Emmy Eller wrote:
> Hi, today I prepared some other KHangMan files: for Sorani Kurdish (with
> Arabic Script) and hints are in English.
> 
> The package can be downloaded here:
> http://www.voxhumanitatis.org/content/khangmanckbeng-100
> 
> I opened the file (animals) with KHangMan and the number of characters
>  shown is indeed the number of characters the word has in Sorani Kurdish.
>  Then I tried to enter some chars (with Keyboard setting on Persian and on
>  Arabic): it was not possible to write any char. I then tried to add the
>  chars by copying and pasting them: no way.
> 
> Could someone else please try out? Maybe we have some people who deal with
> Arabic Script on a daily basis in one of these two lists?
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> Sabine
> 
In KHangMan code I use Regular Expressions to filter input so it cannot be 
possible to enter numbers for example.
I think this prevents Right-to-Left languages input, I am not totally sure 
where the problem is but the line
QRegExp regExp("[A-Za-
z\\x0080-\\x00FF\\x0100-\\x017E\\x0370-\\x03FF\\x0400-\\x04FF]");
in khangmanview.cpp is what I use.
Maybe it's a bad idea to try to filter the user input (I am open to any 
suggestions). Maybe the above line just misses something. I don't know more at 
that point and I would need to refine this (by making tests probably).
I'll follow this tomorrow, I just came back after a week-end away!

Cheers,

Anne-Marie

PS: we need to test all KDE-Edu apps in RTL languages and write down problems!