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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    BIDI editor KPart (was: Re: [RFC] short message "unfreeze" before KDE
From:       Nicolas Goutte <nicolasg () snafu ! de>
Date:       2005-12-01 20:18:57
Message-ID: 200512012118.57901.nicolasg () snafu ! de
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On Thursday 01 December 2005 20:55, Diego Iastrubni wrote:
> Nicolas Goutte wrote:
> >As discussed a few weeks ago, there is a need to break (shortly) the
> > message freeze for fixing typos and other errors in user visible messages
> > of KDE 3.5 before KDE 3.5.1.
>
> Then, this is a great moment for me to ask...
>
>
> Kate/Kwrite have no BIDI support, that is already known. This is bad
> also for Hindic speaker, who have to use a crappy editor, like kedit to
> write simple notes. That is bad.  There is a solution to that, which
> sadly I found just recently.
>
>
> KDE applications can use different editors, the default installed by
> kdelibs is katePart.

> I found also kvimPart, 

Is it still active somewhere? The PO files were removed recently, so if it 
still exists, the remove should be reverted.

> and a "Qt Designer Based
> Text Editor" which is supplied by KDevelop.
> The last one, has a really
> good BiDI support, and I can only assume it will support all other
> languages Qt3.3.5 supports. As one can embed that kpart into KWrite,
> this means we can have a really powerful editor, with better support for
> "complex layouts".

Sigh! Why was this editor hidden in KDevelop? (Yes, I know, you have not the 
answer either.)

>
>
> The code is already available in kdevelop, which have a stable release,
> so may I propose:
>
> Lets move that code to kdelibs, and by this providing a decent text
> editor for those who do not write English.

How much is the responsible developer willing to maintain it in kdelibs? (In 
theory he should be the person asking for the move.)

>
>
(...)

Have a nice day!

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