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Diffstat (limited to 'runtime/doc/rileft.txt')
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/doc/rileft.txt b/runtime/doc/rileft.txt index aa11462595..4f68ab562c 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/rileft.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/rileft.txt @@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ These functions were originally created by Avner Lottem: E-mail: alottem@iil.intel.com Phone: +972-4-8307322 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Introduction ------------- + Some languages such as Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew (among others) require the ability to display their text from right-to-left. Files in those languages are stored conventionally and the right-to-left requirement is only a @@ -32,8 +33,9 @@ as this kind of support is out of the scope of a simple addition to an existing editor (and it's not sanctioned by Unicode either). +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Highlights ----------- + o Editing left-to-right files as in the original Vim, no change. o Viewing and editing files in right-to-left windows. File orientation @@ -56,11 +58,11 @@ o Many languages use and require right-to-left support. These languages current supported languages include - |arabic.txt| and |hebrew.txt|. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Of Interest... --------------- o Invocations - ----------- + + 'rightleft' ('rl') sets window orientation to right-to-left. + 'delcombine' ('deco'), boolean, if editing UTF-8 encoded languages, allows one to remove a composing character which gets superimposed @@ -69,7 +71,7 @@ o Invocations (such as search) to be utilized in right-to-left orientation as well. o Typing backwards *ins-reverse* - ---------------- + In lieu of using the full-fledged 'rightleft' option, one can opt for reverse insertion. When the 'revins' (reverse insert) option is set, inserting happens backwards. This can be used to type right-to-left @@ -85,15 +87,16 @@ o Typing backwards *ins-reverse* in the status line when reverse Insert mode is active. o Pasting when in a rightleft window - ---------------------------------- + When cutting text with the mouse and pasting it in a rightleft window the text will be reversed, because the characters come from the cut buffer from the left to the right, while inserted in the file from the right to the left. In order to avoid it, toggle 'revins' before pasting. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bugs ----- + o Does not handle CTRL-A and CTRL-X commands (add and subtract) correctly when in rightleft window. |