[Adium-devl] Localizations for RTL languages

[Ofri Wolfus]

That's because I canceled my first email :-P I've just repost it with  
a URL to the image, but thanks :)

On 13/08/2006, at 21:03, Evan Schoenberg wrote:

> 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:
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>> 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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