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

[Anas Mohammad Siddiq]

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

--- Comment #9 from Anas Mohammad Siddiq <AnasSdiq at proton.me> ---
I hope so, but it's highly unlikely since it's a rewrite of the program

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-------- Original Message --------
On 14‏/6‏/2025 9:40 م, Eido A. <bugzilla_noreply at kde.org> wrote:

>  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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