[sword-devel] Bug RtoL support in WinSword

[Peter von Kaehne]

I have also tried J-Sword's Bibledeesktop for reasons of comparison - it dispalys all mentioned modules correctly.

Peter

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Datum: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 14:37:03 +0200
Von: "Peter von Kaehne" <refdoc at gmx.net>
An: SWORD Developers\' Collaboration Forum <sword-devel at crosswire.org>
Betreff: Re: [sword-devel] Bug RtoL support in WinSword

> The Hebrew module WLC _is_ displaying correctly when using the
> "Direction=RtoL" directive. 
> 
> But it appears it follows a different algorithm than the Arabic and the
> Farsi one: Removing the directive will result in a jumbled up sentence
> structure but not jumbled up words. I.e. the first word will be the last word
> etc. The Farsi and teh Arabic module get jumbled up at the letter level _with_
> the directive switched on.
> 
> Peter
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> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Datum: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 13:21:27 +0200
> Von: "Peter von Kaehne" <refdoc at gmx.net>
> An: sword-devel at crosswire.org
> Betreff: [sword-devel] Bug RtoL support in WinSword
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have created (not yet posted to you) a Farsi complete Bible module.
> > 
> > In the process I think I have found a bug within Sword for Windows RtoL
> > support.
> > 
> > I am running the newest published version (not a development version but
> > 1.5.9)
> > 
> > My module is UTF-8 encoded and needs RtoL support. So I added copying
> from
> > arasvd.conf the relevant directions.
> > 
> > As a result my text is mirror imaged in Sword for Windows, while working
> > perfectly in Gnomesword. 
> > 
> > I then took the "Direction=RtoL" out of  farsi.conf and had suddenly
> > readable RtoL text, but now the verses where ordered all from left to
> right.
> > 
> > I then looked at the existing Arabic module which specifically mentions
> in
> > its config file "RtoL Support added" or some such and found that it has
> > the same behaviour in WinSword - while I do not speak Arabic  I am able
> to
> > discern enough of the vocabulary dt my Farsi knowledge which shares
> script
> > and some vocabulary
> > 
> > Removing the Direction=RtoL  directive suddenly makes that module also
> > readable but again the verses as blocks ordered the wrong way round.
> > 
> > This problem does not appear in gnomesword. I do not think it is in
> > Bibletime either. 
> > 
> > In Gnomesword it is actually the other way round - if the Direction=RtoL
> > is missing the text is ordered wrongly LtoR on a verse block level,
> though
> > individual verses are readable RtoL.
> > 
> > This is a serious bug for the existing Arabic module and makes my
> current
> > work on Farsi and some other RtoL modules pretty much unusuable in the
> > Windows version. I am not sure whether other modules are affected.
> Presumably
> > Hebvrew? I can not comment on MacSword
> > 
> > Peter
> > 
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> > 
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