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1) Subject:Text editor response
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Date: 23 Nov 2009
From:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; white-space: normal; ">Al Haraka <<a href="mailto:alharaka@gmail.com">alharaka@gmail.com</a>></span>
Subject:Text editor response
<br></span></font></p><p align=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; white-space: normal; ">Alexis,<br><br>See this list and review text editors where bidirectional is available.<br><br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_text_editors#Right_to_Left_and_Bidirectional">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_text_editors#Right_to_Left_and_Bidirectional</a><br><br>I recommend Notepad++. It is has many features that make it mainstay<br>for my coworkers and I (in IT).<br><br><a href="http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm">http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm</a><br><br>If you need something that does more than just edit *.txt files, you<br>can try OpenOffice (since Microsoft Office has horrendous bidi<br>support). That's my $0.02.<br><br><a href="http://www.openoffice.org/">http://www.openoffice.org/</a><br><br>Regards,<br>_AJS<br></span>
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Date: 23 Nov 2009
From:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; white-space: normal; ">Benjamin Geer <<a href="mailto:benjamin.geer@gmail.com">benjamin.geer@gmail.com</a>></span>
Subject:Text editor response
<br></span></font></p><p align=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; white-space: normal; "><div>If I'm not mistaken, Notepad is ordering the words according to the standard Unicode bidirectional (bidi) text algorithm, which specifies that a series of RTL words should be displayed in RTL order by default. Most punctuation is considered neutral and has no effect on display order; hence the result you're seeing. Any text editor that uses the standard bidi algorithm will do the same thing. If you want to override the default display order, you can insert invisible Unicode characters that are meant for that purpose. For details, see:<br><br><a href="http://www.w3.org/International/articles/inline-bidi-markup/">http://www.w3.org/International/articles/inline-bidi-markup/</a><br><br>If you want more advanced editing features, you might try <a href="http://OpenOffice.org/">OpenOffice.org</a>, which can edit plain text files and provides a convenient way to enter those invisible Unicode characters:<br><br><a href="http://www.openoffice.org/">http://www.openoffice.org/</a><br><br>Ben</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; white-space: pre; ">--------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div></span></span></font></p><p align=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">3)
Date: 23 Nov 2009
From:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; white-space: normal; ">mariana taimeh <<a href="mailto:mar_ztc@yahoo.com">mar_ztc@yahoo.com</a>></span>
Subject:Text editor response
<br></span></font></p><p align=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; white-space: normal; "><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="position: static; z-index: auto; "><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit; ">Hi,<div>I can help you with this since I have already the arabic programms.</div><div>Best regards;</div><div>Mariana<br></div></td></tr></tbody></table></span><div><br></div>--------------------------------------------------------------------------
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