[Adium-devl] Localizations for RTL languages

[Evan Schoenberg]

For some reason, the  moderation request for Ofri's email, forwarded  
below, disappeared from the mailman interface... I've upped the max  
size on messages since patches and images are very appropriate for  
the list; it should go through fine now.  Ofri, apologies for the  
strange redirect.

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Ofri Wolfus <ofri.wolfus at gmail.com>
> Date: August 13, 2006 1:46:12 PM EDT
> To: Adium Dev <adium-devl at adiumx.com>
> Subject: Localizations for RTL languages
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I was emailed by Oded Shopen, asking me about Hebrew localization  
> and so I came up with a little class that'll make this possible.
> Basically, GUI in any RTL language needs to be an exact mirror of  
> LTR GUI, so my class checks for the active localization of the app  
> and if needed, mirrors all views in any window that is drawn to  
> screen. It has some small bugs with views that are moved manually  
> and assume to be in a specific location, but these are not so  
> common and may be easily fixed. Screenshot attached.
>
> So my question is if we want this going into 1.0. The class is  
> fully self contained, and works as follows.
> First, it checks for the value of the "DPDefaultDisplayDirection"  
> key in the Info.plist, which may be either "LTR" or "RTL". This  
> value (if found) represents the direction of the nibs set.
> After that, the class checks the active localization of the app,  
> and its writing direction. If the writing direction differs from  
> the value defined for the default display direction, it'll  
> automatically mirror every view that's drawn in a window. Moving  
> views inside a window will act the same, but changing the superview  
> of a view will cause it to be mirrored again based on its new  
> location in its new superview.
>
> Attached is an experimental diff from rev 17251 that uses my class.  
> In order to test it, make a copy of some .lproj directory and  
> rename it to an RTL language. Then set your main language in the  
> International panel to that language, and restart Adium.
>
> Known bugs: 1. The To and From popups in the message window are  
> drawn in the wrong direction, and updates only when you move the  
> mouse. 2. Only some of the tooltips get mirrored.
>
> ToDo: Auto reordering of table columns?
>
> - Ofri
>
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