[vim/vim] support rtl languages (Issue #9761)
Motahhar.Mokfi
Describe the solution you'd like
hi everyone.
Right-to-left languages are not properly supported by Vim
But Iranians, Arabs, etc. need to write Persian or Arabic.
like this:
We would like the output to look like this:
hello
سلام
سلام العلیکم
ایران، عربستان، افغانستان، ترکمنستان
Describe alternatives you've considered
i not have spcial idea but i think UTF-8 support rtl languages.
Additional context
vim now:
we like to be:
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Dominique Pellé
I do not speak Arabic. But try :set arabic
Consider also reading :help arabic
Does it solve your problem?
Consider also indicating your version of vim (output of :version) when reporting issues.
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Motahhar.Mokfi
thanks @dpelle
but it is reverse:
i need to be like this:
چو ایران نباشد تن من مباد بدین بوم و بر زنده یک تن مباد
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Christian Brabandt
Then set :set norightleft. Please read :h arabic.txt for what is currently possible. Also please note, this quite heavily depends on whether you use a gui or use a terminal. For the terminal version, this requires a terminal that supports it correctly.
However, better arabic mode is quite complicated, as none of the developers know enough about the rules how to combine characters and therefore cannot really try it out. Also better bidi and right-left support has long been in the todo list. But for the reasons mentioned before, a patch from someone who knows and uses this natively is probably the best to hope.
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Motahhar.Mokfi
hi @chrisbra
thanks,
this is work only for arabic and my keyboard must be arabic.
but i and iranian developers need to write persion or farsi.
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Bram Moolenaar
> this is work only for arabic and my keyboard must be arabic.
>
> but i and iranian developers need to write persion or farsi.
At that time it probably wasn't actually working, since nobody was
maintaining it.
It would be great to have better RTL support and also specific Farsi and
Arabic support. This requires someone who knows the mechanisms
involved and can implement changes in Vim.
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Motahhar.Mokfi
thanks @brammool .
if i can help you.
i'll definitely help you so that we can do this.
persion/farsi is my first language But in some projects, Persian language does not work properly
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Konfekt
Out of curiosity: What did Farsi support achieve in addition to
setlocal arabic setlocal keymap=persian
@motahharm : Vim can write from right to left if the terminal (such as urxvt) supports it and enabling &termbidi.
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Konfekt
For what it's worth, attached a phonetic persian vim keymap similar to that on Mac.
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Konfekt
To partially answer my above question, seemingly &arabicshape, the morphing of joint characters depending on their position in a word, misses some Persian ligatures such as ە and ا becoming ها
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AliKaram98
Hi test blow command:
set termbidi
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mehrdad
Hi test blow command:
set termbidi
thanks, @alikaramniya set termbidi worked for me and now I can write my Documents in Persian with my favorite text editor 😃
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avidseeker
For some reason, :set rl seems to re-shape letters assuming the terminal doesn't support letter shaping. While this might be the case in older terminals, most terminals currently do support letter shaping.
Here's a screenshot comparing Konsole (with shaping support) vs Alacritty (which doesn't support):
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avidseeker
This seems a duplicate of #204
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Christian Brabandt
Closed #9761 as not planned.
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Christian Brabandt
so closing then as duplicate
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avidseeker
thanks @dpelle but it is reverse:
i need to be like this:
چو ایران نباشد تن من مباد بدین بوم و بر زنده یک تن مباد
Try disabling shaping: :set arabicshape!
This will fix rendering. This is caused by the conflict of terminal and vim both trying to apply letter shaping.
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Masoud Heydari
MasoudHeydari left a comment (vim/vim#9761)Hi test blow command:
set termbidi
Tnx, you saved my time.
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