Re: changing gui to R->L style if locale is R->L

[Christian Rose <menthos gnome org>]

lör 2005-01-15 klockan 23:24 +0100 skrev B.Hakvoort:
> Suddenly i got this crazy idea to re-order gui-elements in an
> application from R->L if the locale is R->L . (this will be decided at
> runtime depending on the users locale)
> 
> What do the people who use such locales think about this? is it
> desirable or completely unnecessary or maybe even plain stupid ?

Doesn't GTK+/Pango do this for you? At least, GTK+ knows which locales
use RTL, and uses that information for mirroring some widgets.

But maybe I'm misunderstanding the whole issue.


Christian