Re: [Tuxpaint-i18n] Tux Paint Hebrew text entry

[Bill K. <nb...@so...>]

On Tue, Dec 02, 2008 at 02:56:18PM -0800, Bill Kendrick wrote:
> 
> I was just asked whether Tux Paint can enter Hebrew text in the correct
> direction (right-to-left).  I installed an 'il' keymap on my Linux laptop
> and told KDE to switch to it, and tried the Text tool in Tux Paint.
> I was pleased to see Hebrew characters popping up!

Another thought is to take advantage of the IM system in Tux Paint, and
allow text entry to switch from LtoR to RtoL and back by tapping the [Alt]
key...?  (But then, that'll only happen when you're running Tux Paint
under a Hebrew locale.)

I heard back from the school, and they said that other apps
(Notepad++ and OpenOffice.org -- this was on Windows) behaved properly
when they switched the Windows IM to Hebrew.  I'm not sure SDL can detect
that, but I'll ask the developers.  If so, we could just take advantage of
that...

-bill!