> Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 10:21:12 -0600 > From: Gregg Reynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [email protected] > > Well ok then! Practical stuff! (Oh, yeah, point 3: advocating > mono-directional RTL support != anti-bidi.) How do we get it into the > main branch?
It's a simple matter of writing the code and posting it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Since this is going to be a non-trivial amount of code, you will need to sign legal papers that assign the copyright to the FSF (write to Richard Stallman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, and he will send you the appropriate forms that you will need to fill and snail to the FSF). > Is it simply a matter of thorough testing? It is a matter of clean coding, first and foremost. If the code worked for you reasonably well, and if this feature is optional, i.e. it can be switched off with a flip of a user variable (and thus stop getting in one's way if it's buggy), it will be accepted. > Do we need some kind of test harness, lots of test cases? There's no test harness in Emacs right now. (It's a long story.) So you don't need to bother, just be sure it works okay for you. > Will the bidi branch work on MSWindows? Sure, why not? > I'm afraid the vast majority of RTL people (at least in the Arab > world) use Windows ``Majority'', maybe; but ``vast majority'', I'm not sure anymore, since GNU/Linux systems have a reasonably good bidi support these days. > What about code review? Do you need Arabic speakers to take look? Let's start with those who read this list and [EMAIL PROTECTED] That should be enough for starters. TIA _______________________________________________ emacs-bidi mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-bidi
