Re: RTL support in Gnome

[Yair Hershkovitz <yairhr gmail com>]

Hi,

> >   1) I want to start a mailing list for RTL support discussions
> > ( gnome-rtl gnome org ???)
> 
> I don't think it's quite necessary.  One reason is that only people
> directly interested in RTL support will be there, while most of the time
> one wants comment from main developers of modules or other "interested"
> hackers.  You don't get it there.
> 

There are some issues with RTL supports that needs to be discussed. For
example: Should window decorations switch sides when in RTL? Should
desktop icons be aligned to the right in RTL (bug #397395)?

When such a list exists, developers would also be able to use it to
get help on how to support RTL in their applications.

We can't leave the decisions of how RTL support should work to module
developers and maintainers. I do think that GNOME should have an RTL
group.

> >   2) I think we should add an "rtl" keyword to bugzilla, for tracking
> > RTL issues.
> 
> We've been using a tracker bug for everything blocking perfect Persian
> support in GNOME for some while, and it's been quite handy.  It's
> aliased 'persian':

I am aware of you 'persian' tracker, and i've also opened a similiar one
for hebrew bugs (#391807).

But, it's almost impossible for me, and even for you, to track every bug
filed that relates to RTL support. That's why i think that when an RTL
related bug is filed, an RTL keyboard should be applied. And if the user
filing the bug is unaware, than the developer/maintainer should add this
keyword, which will notify interested parties.

RTL bugs will be solved in a greater pace, once its awareness will
increase.

Yair
> 
>   http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=persian
> 
> I suggest you create an aliased tracker too.  When you want to add this
> "keyword" to a bug, you just add "persian" to the bugs it blocks...
> 
> However, I think you may just want to follow the 'persian' bug.  Almost
> everything related to RTL support is listed there, and the
> Persian-specific stuff is not that much.
> 
> > Tnx,
> > Yair.
> 
> Regards,