pull together the list of win/mac/etc apis for setting base direction and/or language

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Opened by addison_ via IRC channel #i18n on irc.w3.org

Due: 2023-09-18 (Monday 18 September)

[aphillips]

Collecting some bits here.

Cocoa (Mac): https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/nswritingdirection?language=objc

Java: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/awt/ComponentOrientation.html

Tutorial for Win32: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/design/globalizing/design-for-bidi-text

Android: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/BidiFormatter https://developer.android.com/training/basics/supporting-devices/languages#MirroringUpdateResources https://medium.com/android-news/rtl-support-on-android-here-is-all-you-need-know-e13f2df512e2 https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View#attr_android:layoutDirection <- this one

Angular: https://material.angular.io/cdk/bidi/overview

Qt: https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qtquick-positioning-righttoleft.html

[aphillips]

This is now in https://github.com/w3c/i18n-discuss/blob/gh-pages/explainers/string-meta-explainer.md

[aphillips]

https://github.com/w3c/i18n-drafts/pull/586

[aphillips]

merged