[Konsole-devel] Re: [Patch] Make Bidi Configurable for Konsole

[Diego Iastrubni]

Looks good, I will try this one soon (on the branch... but I will not commit 
it don't worry).  Few points:

* a tip is a must. 
* in the help of konsole it should be noted that it is disabled by default 
since most console programs which display bidi, expect the console to be dumb 
and if rendering bidi will brake them.
* disabled by default (good)

I say commit... however since I am the one who asked for it... mmmm..... 

- diego

ביום שני, 14 באפריל 2003, 08:20, Meni Livne כתב:
> Greetings,
>
> The attached patches to konsole and kcmkonsole should allow the user to
> configure whether he wants bidi rendering in his Konsole (off by default).
>
> The story is that Konsole in KDE 3.0 had bidi, but it was disabled for KDE
> 3.1 due to its somewhat broken implementation. Nevertheless, users have
> requested to have this option, since there are some occasions on which it
> might come in handy. So with this the user can choose through Konsole's
> configuration dialog how he wants the default behavior to be, and in
> addition, it allows him to toggle bidi on-the-fly using Alt+Ctrl+B, thus
> avoiding disruption of the flow of work.
>
> Since the option in the configure dialog is only aimed at a rather limited
> audience, perhaps it would be better to have it in an "Advanced..." dialog
> accessible through there or something... I also thought it may be worth to
> have a tip in Konsole's Tip of The Day telling users about this.
>
> I know that we all would have preferred having a non-broken bidi
> implementation and not having to settle for this, but to tell you the
> truth, I don't think such a thing can exist. Due to the dynamic nature of
> the console, it simply doesn't go with bidi, and bidi should only be used
> when it's really needed, and this is what this patch takes care of, so I
> think it's what we have to settle for.
>
> Comments/flames/whatever... are all welcome, but if there are no objections
> I'll commit this to CVS HEAD.
>
>
> Regards.
>
> --
> Meni Livne <livne at kde.org>