Re: [Usability] RFC: #61866

[Jonathan Blandford <jrb redhat com>]

David Moles <david moles vykor com> writes:

> On Tue, 2002-02-19 at 12:05, Jonathan Blandford wrote:
> > David Moles <david moles vykor com> writes:
> > 
> > > Is implementing "forward" and "backward" separate from "left" and
> > > "right" something the internationalization libraries help you do,
> > > or is it something you'd have to be lucky to think of?
> > 
> > <offtopic>
> 
> [snipped]
> 
> > </offtopic>
> 
> I'm clear on that. :) What I'm worried about is the scenario
> where someone mistakenly implements forward/backward on top of
> left/right, or left/right on top of forward/backward -- does
> that make sense? So they either map "forward means right" or
> "right means forward" in their heads (and their code), and it's
> only valid for left-to-right text. Then either the cursor keys
> or the C-f/C-b shortcuts break in right-to-left (depending on
> which way their mistake went).

Ah.  Can't help you there.  Just need to make sure widget authors are
educated correctly.

-Jonathan