[okular] [Bug 465681] RTL annotations text appears reversed with characters separated

[Eido A.]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=465681

--- Comment #8 from Eido A. <eido.askayo at gmail.com> ---
(In reply to Anas Mohammad Siddiq from comment #7)
> (In reply to Eido A. from comment #6)
> > Confirming this issue persists on modern systems.
> > 
> > The scope is wider than just annotations and critically breaks interactive
> > PDF form filling. This appears to be the correct master bug to track this,
> > as it has the MR linked.
> > 
> > I found several duplicates pointing to the same core RTL rendering problem,
> > some going back over a decade:
> > 
> > *   #469359 (Arabic text)
> > *   #454552 (Typewriter tool)
> > *   #184399 (Copy/paste)
> > *   #156380 (Text selection)
> > 
> > As a fellow dev, happy to help test any patches or provide more specific
> > diagnostics.
> > 
> > **Repro Environment:**
> > - Okular: 25.04.1
> > - OS: Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS / GNOME 46.0
> 
> so in other words, a rewrite is needed, right?

Thanks for the quick reply.
Yes, that's exactly my conclusion too.

A rewrite seems to be the only path forward given the stalled MR.

Here's hoping a developer can pick this up soon.

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