[Okular-devel] Bug 325650 - reading direction Right to Left

[Albert Astals Cid]

El Dilluns, 31 de març de 2014, a les 09:03:01, Ganesh Kumar va escriure:
> Hi.
> I had the use case suggested by Luigi in mind. I didn't know about mangas
> as I dont read them, but the proposer of this bug had mentioned that it was
> tough to read Urdu/Arabic documents in Okular because of the very same
> issue. I was more concerned with that.
> The functionality I am trying to implement is a ToggleAction in say, the
> Settings Menu. On setting it, if the view mode is Facing Pages, I am going
> to swap the columns, like in the picture. On deselecting it, it must revert
> to the usual arrangement,

I am not sure it's a good idea really. It really clutters the menu for 
something people really don't use that often.

Add it to the settings dialog and if you want add a shortcut so advanced users 
can toggle it fast.

Cheers,
  Albert

> 
> Bug Documentation:
> http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.kde.devel.okular/15473
> 
> Expected Output:
> http://bugsfiles.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=82675
> 
> Current Output:
> http://bugsfiles.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=82676
> 
> On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 3:01 AM, Luigi Toscano 
<luigi.toscano at tiscali.it>wrote:
> > Albert Astals Cid ha scritto:
> > > El Diumenge, 30 de març de 2014, a les 16:47:51, Luigi Toscano va
> > 
> > escriure:
> > >> Albert Astals Cid ha scritto:
> > >>> El Diumenge, 30 de març de 2014, a les 08:13:41, Ganesh Kumar va
> > 
> > escriure:
> > >>>> Hi.
> > >>>> I am currently working on this bug.
> > >>>> I have added a new Action, and on setting default to 1, the Right to
> > 
> > Left
> > 
> > >>>> modification actually works, with Page 2 coming to the right of Page
> > 
> > 3.
> > 
> > >>>> However, I am unable to find a way to *integrate the new
> > 
> > functionality as
> > 
> > >>>> an option in the View menu.* I am looking at something like the Trim
> > >>>> Margins option in the View menu, which can be toggled by the user at
> > 
> > run
> > 
> > >>>> time.
> > >>> 
> > >>> I honestly don't think we need to clutter the View menu with this
> > 
> > option.
> > 
> > >>> Settings is enough.
> > >> 
> > >> I don't use them, but I think that if you read comics (cbr) it could
> > 
> > happen
> > 
> > >> to switch from left-to-right to right-to-left and back when you open a
> > 
> > new
> > 
> > >> file,
> > > 
> > > Why would you need that?
> > 
> > Because mangas for example are right-to-left, and at least the Italian
> > translations are now (in the last 10/15 years) published (paper) according
> > the
> > original format. I don't know how it works in other countries. Just a
> > quick note.
> > If this is not the original use case, I'm curious: Ganesh, what was the
> > use
> > case you had in mind?
> > 
> > Ciao
> > --
> > Luigi
> > 
> > 
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