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hatul (amiadb) wrote : Re: [Bug 891371] Re: app names strings in foreign language that is RTL are reversed

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2011/11/17 Yaron <email address hidden>

> קח את אחת התוכנות שלך ותשנה לה את השם ל־أنا أحب إسرائيل (אני אוהב את
> ישראל)

ותראה האם הבאג קורה, כך תזכה למספר מצוות במקביל:
> 1. הפצת את אהבתך לישראל.
> 2. עצבנת מספר שונאי ישראל.
> 3. עזרת לקהילת הקוד הפתוח.
>
> בקיצור, צעד מומלץ ☺
> Yaron Shahrabani
>
> <Hebrew translator>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 11:20 AM, hatul <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> ** Tags added: i18n l10n
>
> ** Tags added: hebrew
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/891371
>
> Title:
> app names strings in foreign language that is RTL are reversed
>
> Status in “slingshot” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> I upgraded Ubuntu 11.10 to 12.04, and then installed elementary-
> desktop from the oneiric ppa. I choose pantheon in the startup screen.
>
> After launch I clicked the 'Apps' link and Slingshot showed up.
>
> In the attached screenshot you can see the result. Some app names are
> in English, and they are shown correctly. Some app names are in Hebrew
> - but they are shown reversed. Hebrew is an RTL language which means
> the words are written from right to left. Howeverr, the Hebrew app
> names in the screenshot are printed left to right - that means they
> are reversed.
>
> Imagine you would write the word "elementary" reversed it would look
> like that: "yratnemele" - that's how the Hebrew words show up.
>
> I guess the same issue would happen with any other RTL language such
> as Arabic.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
> Package: slingshot (not installed)
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.1.0-2.3-generic 3.1.0
> Uname: Linux 3.1.0-2-generic i686
> ApportVersion: 1.26-0ubuntu1
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Wed Nov 16 23:33:41 2011
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
> ProcEnviron:
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> LANG=he_IL.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: slingshot
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2011-11-16 (0 days ago)
>
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>
> Title:
> app names strings in foreign language that is RTL are reversed
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
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