There are alphabets, abjads, syllaberies, etc., such as the Phags-pa, Mongolian, Chinese, Korean, and hieroglyphic systems which do not have to use or simply do not use the traditional left to right or right to left text flow. One such can be found at the following: http://www.mongolfont.com/ . If the text flow could be set to various directions (R to L, L to R, T to B, B to T) this would make the use of traditional languages, either as subjects of study or attempting to hold their own in the face of extinction in an era where technology is not produced for their needs, accessible in the modern world. Of these languages, modernizing to include Mayan might be the hardest as it operates in pictographic syllables arranged in pairs running from top to bottom. It would be like allowing two Kanji/Hanja/Chinese Characters on a row writing down the column. I cannot code. I study linquistics, history, culture, etc. Programming is not only beyond me, but the last language that made any sense to me was GFA basic decades ago. However, as a philosopher and student of history it is my hope that this change will be important to you since it will provide access to those human expressions struggling to stave off extinction or find a place in the modern world. Thank you for your time and consideration, Kenneth W. Slayor
Kenneth: you seem to want to contribute in other ways. One possibility is to look at unconfirmed bugs that have to do with the languages you work with (rendering issues etc.) and confirm them. Here is our general intro to bug confirming: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/Triage_For_Beginners
Recently LibreOffice implemented LTR (vertical) direction in bug 103720, and this function is already landed in 5.3.0.0Alpha+ stage, but it has some limitations, for example, if you want to use various directions into single document, you have to add a frame (Insert -> Frame -> Frame Interactively), then you right click (Object) to set the direction.
(In reply to General Kutuzov from comment #2) > Recently LibreOffice implemented LTR (vertical) direction in bug 103720, and > this function is already landed in 5.3.0.0Alpha+ stage, but it has some > limitations, for example, if you want to use various directions into single > document, you have to add a frame (Insert -> Frame -> Frame Interactively), > then you right click (Object) to set the direction. Sorry for my fault, that is resolved in bug 33278.
@Buovjaga, Do you think we should move this issue to NEW and put it in the crazy ideas list?
Well, I think Kenneth should describe in more detail what is still needed. Like Volga commented, we now have LTR vertical.
(In reply to Buovjaga from comment #5) > Well, I think Kenneth should describe in more detail what is still needed. > Like Volga commented, we now have LTR vertical. Yes, but the implementation is very limited, because only Writer got support for this, and no way to enable in text box.
Set status to NEEDINFO from comment #5, please set it back to UNCONFIRMED once requested informations are provided. Best regards. JBF
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