...This issue is technically independent of Unicode, but in practice closely linked to it. Most computers, because they were designed in the west, by default display characters starting at the top left and then across the screen in lines which then move down the page, although this is only one of several schemes used in the world.
One of the limitations of the software is fatal. It uses ASCII text and left
to right reading order. Every line in the Hebrew text has a carriage return
that I've put in. If I change screen resolution or simply change the window
size, the text suddenly looks like something found in a diaper. I'm limited
to a single font, and nobody can view it without that font. (Yeah, I know,
I'm the only one that was supposed to see it.) I could go on forever. These
were all things Peter Kirk brought up in his side of the discussion. I am all
for Peter and his buddies creating fixes for these kinds of problems. I'm
also all for people letting the developers know what their needs and
objections are. The Unicoders (for lack of a better term) and other
developers are far more apt to listen to some members of this list because of
their credentials than they are to someone like me. That's why I thought the
discussion was vital. Let those problems get hammered out now. That way, I ,
or someone li
ke me,
won't see years worth of work on a pet project go up in flames because of a
software oversight.
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