Clarification about the purpose

[meyt]

The solution or at least one solution is to add bidi (bidirectional text) support. In this repository, we discuss the issue, make technical guidelines and share success stories. We think adding bidi support makes the future of the web more beautiful and more inclusive.

Solutions exist, but developers don't want to implement or its their lowest priority.

What this movement will do more than suggesting these tools and articles?

• https://github.com/fribidi/fribidi
• https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz
• https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr9/
• https://gankra.github.io/blah/text-hates-you/
• https://github.com/shadeed/rtl-styling

[ahangarha]

We cannot do anything with those who don't care. The issue is that there are very simple solutions to utilize but nobody knows them.

So if we can gather resources and share success stories, more developers come to know about it.

By the way, the issue is not just about RTL.

[meyt]

So if we can gather resources and share success stories, more developers come to know about it.

Good, lets just call it awesome-bidi like other awesome lists and close the #1

By the way, the issue is not just about RTL.

Yes, you're right

[ahangarha]

Thanks for your suggestion. Frankly, I have not seen any proper guidelines regarding what we are aiming to. This means we have to make one.

Moreover, we are not just sharing projects that help people to implement. People in many cased don't need anything else than using correct settings or properties or styling to achieve the right result. So we are not going to (only) share those awesome projects but examples of using out method and fixing issues. This way, we can increase confident for using these methods.

Please suggest the name in the first issue. And let's be patient.

By the way, if you can help in any level, it is nightly appreciated.

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So if we can gather resources and share success stories, more developers come to know about it.

Good, lets just call it awesome-bidi like other awesome projects and close the #1

By the way, the issue is not just about RTL.

Yes, you're right

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[meyt]

Ok, I think the bidi-guide is very proper name for such purpose.

Here are some topics that i think should be covered:

• What is bidi?
  • Short summary with references about bidrectional text rendering and UI/UX design
  • Some statistics about users and languages
• How to ensure my app is support it well? (a tldr guide/cheatsheet for those who don't know much about RTL or TTB languages)
• How to use it in
  • HTML
  • GTK
  • QT
  • Flutter
  • ...
• How to implement it in my own UI library?
  • Which tools/libraries i can use?
  • Link related technical guides
  • How much it costs? (some performance benchmark comparison to help software structure design)
• Which projects using it?
• Which (large) projects not implemented or has partial/broken implementation?

[ahangarha]

Thanks you @meyt. This list is great. It covers many aspects.

I should see what is the best way to utilize this list.