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Displaying inverse numbers when loading Hebrew rss with android ...
I'm Loading an Hebrew (rtl) xml feed with xml Dom using eclipse android environment.
When displaying the feed on TextView text is OK but numbers Displaying inverse
for example :
if feed (XML) ...
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text direction in CK Editor
How can I set text direction [rtl] on load editor?
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Change default text direction in a powerpoint presentation using VBA
I use the Powerpoint Object-Model to programmatically create a presentation in PowerPoint 2007.
Some of the computers on which I run my program have PowerPoint set with Hebrew as the Primary Editing ...
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Right to left language support in php
I am developing a site where people will put their comments, in arabic. my website is built in php. does any body know a way how to add right-to- left language support to write text in english?
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jCarousel scrolling from right to left [closed]
i am trying to reverse the scrolling direction of Jcarousel and make it scroll from right to left. anyone knows how that is done?
I attach here a link to the Jcarousel code file, perhaps this can ...
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Using end of word mark with unicode in regular expressions in Python
The following matches in Idle, but does not match when run in a method in a module file:
import re
re.search('\\bשלום\\b','שלום עולם',re.UNICODE)
while the following matches in both cases:
import re
...
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Disable digit substitution
How can I disable the digit substitution (for example for Hindi numerals instead of Arabic ones) for my application (native c++) completely?
I want all the numbers displayed with 0123 instead of ٠١٢٣
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Removing right-to-left mark and other unicode characters from input in Python
I am writing a forum in Python. I want to strip input containing the right-to-left mark and things like that. Suggestions? Possibly a regular expression?
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Is there a way (without coding explicitly) to display a number using the metric prefixes?
This question is relaetd to This question, on using some of the windows explorer features automatically inside a Delphi application.
Is there a way to format an integer using the metrix prefixes ...
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Strange brackets layout in RTL text direction region
The following html snippet
<div dir="rtl">
test (test)
</div>
shows
(test (test
in all browsers.
Why?
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right-to-left unordered list
i am trying to make an unordered list to behave in different browsers.
i have a 2 level list which i am trying to display horizontally in one line.
on safari and firefox everything looks good. on IE (...
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hiding text using "text-indent"
I'm trying to hide some text inside an <li> element using CSS by setting text-indent: -999px;.
For some reason this doesn't work when I set the direction of the document to "rtl" (right to left -...
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2-byte (UCS-2) wide strings under GCC
when porting my Visual C++ project to GCC, I found out that the wchar_t datatype is 4-byte UTF-32 by default. I could override that with a compiler option, but then the whole wcs* (wcslen, wcscmp, etc....
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How do I get my text to be direction from right to left without using a p tag?
I have a dynamically appearing div on a page. I would like to be able to hide the div with a button at the top right corner of the div. One way I have found to do this is to use a p tag, like so:
<...
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Design considerations for a multi-language web application
I was asked by an interviewer today how I would implement Arabic as a second language into a PHP web application. I talked about choosing a unicode encoding for the database and the front-end, and ...
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Website in right-to-left languages (Arabic, Hebrew)
I currently developing a multi-language interface for a Django project. But when I started to work on Arabic and Hebrew languages, I noticed all pages messed up after dir="rtl" to html tag (according ...
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Android: RTL support - digits embedded in a right to left sentence (Hebrew)
My application displays Hebrew text which comes from a Web Service.
When a sentence contains digits (in the middle of it), the digits appear in a mirror view:
29 appears as 92, 21:45 appears as 54:12 ...
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Text: right to left (CSS)
Is there a CSS code that changes this text
This is it
to this one
ti si sihT
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Right to Left UI in iPhone (Hebrew)
I'm struggling in creating a RTL UI in iPhone application. The framework doesn't seem to have any support for RTL languages.
The only thing is the alignment inside labels, which is nice, but it ...
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RTL in Markdown
Is there any existing addon spec for markdown that includes support for RTL languages?
What I'm hoping for is something like
This paragraph is left to right
<- This paragraph is right to left
...
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RTL shows numbers at the end of lines
Trying to display a hebrew string that starts with a number, always displays the number at the end of the string like so: 1. יום שישי בבוקר
but I need the number to be displayed at the right side of ...
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Multilanguage sites: Left-to-right and right-to-left
I see some good suggestions in SO for creating multilanguage websites in JavaScript including this article on JavaScript internationalization. However, I am finding it more difficult to determine ...
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Aligning contents of a div right while keeping text direction in input fields going ltr
I am trying to aligning contents of a div to right edge, but I'm getting 'direction: rtl' effect (right to left), without specifying the width of the div? while keeping text direction in input fields ...
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Where exactly in the Android OS is text renderred?
Let me first state what I am trying to achieve:
To create a patch for the Android OS to enable it to display Arabic/Hebrew correctly. Both of these languages are Right-to-Left (RTL) and their script ...
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Javascript - how to find hebrew?
i"m trying to fint if a string starts(first letter) width an RTL language/ hebrew.
any ideas?
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JScrollPanes in JInternalFrames for right to left component orientations - Java bug?
So I have created some demo code, see below.
What I am seeing is that if a JScrollPane is within a JInternalFrame and component orientation is set to right-to-left, when minmising the frame, the ...
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How to change the writing direction in iPhone UITextView or UITextField
Right now if you type something in a right to left language and tap and hold, the copy and paste menu will have an extra option for changing the writing direction form "left to right" to "right to ...
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Right to Left Alignment for UITableView
I am working on an arabic app for iphone 3.0.
i was wondering if there is a way that i can convert the UITableViewCell to be right-to-left.
I want everything to be in the opposite direction.
Any ...
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ExtJS panel orientation - Right-To-Left
What is the appropriate way to flip an ExtJs Panel horizontally for RTL languages, Arabic, Hebrew .. etc
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Displaying bidirectional multiline text from XML file in flash
I have been asked to add support to a xml based website. I have been looking into it and have realised that it is not going to be very straight forward. The text does have english phrases in when ...
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Listening to all JInternalFrame events - Java
I'm trying to internationalise a Java applet and with that, support scripts which are written from right to left. I want to set up component orientations for all java components added to the view ...
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Right to left edges in dot (Graphviz)
I'm trying to display edges going from right to left (i.e. backwards) using dot:
C <- A -> B
The best I could do was:
digraph {
a -> b;
c -> a [dir="back"];
{rank=same;c a b}
}
.....
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PaperVision error when using right-to-left based text
My code is generating the following error (it is supposed to make a 3D right-to-left text animation with PaperVision):
[Fault] exception, information=TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property ...
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Right-to-Left Email
I'm trying to generate email from my code that will read correctly for people using right-to-left-reading languages such as Arabic. My question is: what are my options for acheiving this?
I am aware ...
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How to draw RTL text (Arabic) onto a Bitmap and have it ordered properly?
I'm trying to draw Arabic text onto a Bitmap for display:
Bitmap img = Bitmap.createBitmap( (int) f+100, 300, Config.RGB_565);
Canvas c = new Canvas();
c.setBitmap( img );
mFace = Typeface....
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sIFR and RTL Languages
Does sIFR support RTL Languages? And if it does is there any additional configuration?
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How to localise WPF application so that right to left languages are displayed correctly?
What steps are required to localise a WPF application so that right to left languages are displayed correctly?
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Hebrew Passwords on WinXP
What is the accepted way for entering passwords in Hebrew / Hebrew localised installations? Should the password entry dialog be right aligned with new characters appending on the left? like this:
|---...
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Java - RichFaces - RTL
I'm looking for Java "Faces" that supports RTL (Right To Left) user interfaces. The only library that I've checked so far is RichFaces. It seems that it doesn't support it natively.
What is a good ...
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Setting the correct orientation for scrollbars in right-to-left pages
I'm working with right-to-left layouts at the moment (think Hebrew or Arabic). In RTL, the page is generally flipped horizontally. However, I can't figure out how to change the orientation of the ...
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Is there any way to detect an RTL language in .NET?
I need to be able to detect whether the current language my user is viewing is an RTL (Right To Left) language like Arabic, so I can include a specific CSS file in my pages.
At the moment I'm just ...
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PropertyGrid RTL support
Is it possible to switch PropertyGrid to RTL layout? Seems to be that setting RightToLeft property to Yes does not do the job. There are RtlTranslateAlignments and RtlTranslateContent methods in ...
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How important is mirroring the _entire_ user interface for Arabic speakers? [closed]
I've been researching about adding Arabic localisation into our software. I understand that mirroring of some controls is essential, such as the relationship of labels and textboxes: any labels that ...
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Wordpress and RTL
WordPress is so powerful.. but yet it is so weak with RTL Languages like Arabic and Hebrew...
I need to have the Front-End in Arabic and Admin area to stay in English and of course LTR..
If I use the ...
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Multiple select option RTL alignment issue
I have a multiple select element. When I try to aligned the options to the right, I can't.
I searched the web for many articles but I failed to find the solution.
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Right to left text in delphi trayicon BaloonHint
Is there a way to align text right in the delphi trayicon BaloonHint?
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Why DIV shifts when focus() is invoked in onBeforeDeactivate event handler?
I met a wired problem for a web page in IE7/8. The page configured to be dir="rtl". And divRow is made very large width so as its containing div doesn't wrap.
Click the editor area, type some words, ...
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Displaying right-to-left text in Team Explorer
We've started using TFS at work, and I'm migrating my bugs from the previous issue tracking software to TFS. All of them are written in Hebrew, a right-to-left language, but mixed with English words.
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YUI support of rtl languages
Does YUI support rtl languages? (rtl: right to left, such as hebrew or arabic).
If so, how?
I want to display a MenuBar where the different menu items start near the right margin and go to the left.
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JAVA Swing GUI Components howto RTL view?
How can i make my Java Swing GUI Components [Right To Left] for Arabic language from NetBeans Desktop Application?