[jsword-devel] parallel display with WLC

[DM Smith]

On May 3, 2008, at 5:38 AM, Peter von Kaehne wrote:

> DM Smith wrote:
>> Another problem is that if the first language is l-to-r and later  
>> ones
>> are not, Java does not guess correctly how to do r-to-l.
>
>
> No, I think you might be mistaken here - gladly so. This was a serious
> problem in the past, but it works out now fine. Maybe to do with me
> using Java 1.6? I have a correct display irrespective if whether I  
> make
> Farsi or English the first, dominant Bible. Even 3 or 4 do not cause
> confusion. I will try it out later today on Windows and report back on
> that too.

I am very happy to be wrong. But I still see the problem. I think it  
is minor.

I'm using Java 5, which is the latest and greatest available on my  
Mac. (Java 6 is only available for 64-bit Intel Macs.)

Let me know if the following is a not a problem under Java 6.

If I look at Gen 1, with headings turned on, the verse number for the  
Gen 1.1 is on the left.

If I turn off headings, it goes to the right.

Having Farsi first, solves that problem, too.

Having the UI in Farsi also solves the problem.


>
>
> The only serious RtoL mistake I can now find is the bit about the
> chapter:verse order in references - both in the chooser bar and in the
> text display.

Maybe this can be fixed with various bidi marks, but I don't know how.  
I've read documentation on Unicode and tried various things but don't  
know how to make it work. Maybe, I did get it right in one of my tests  
but Java didn't handle it correctly.


>
>
> Another minor adjustment which would be nice is the display of some of
> the options drop down menus - where many are still left-aligned.

Would you give a list of these?

Perhaps, it would be good to open a "bug" for these. Maybe a master  
RtoL bug that links these as separate bugs.

>
>
> in Him
>
> Peter
>
> java version "1.6.0_03"
> Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_03-b05)
> Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.6.0_03-b05, mixed mode, sharing)
>
> on Ubuntu Linux 7.10 (i386)