MacDownApp / MacDownApp/macdown

Support for RTL languages

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enhancement help wanted
Dominant language
Rich Text Format
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Description

Hello,
I am wandering whether you will support Right-to-Left languages, like Arabic and Hebrew?
and thanks for your great app.

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Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by clarifying whether RTL support is needed in the Markdown editor, the preview, or both, then identify the relevant macOS text-rendering paths. Done should define and verify the expected Arabic and Hebrew behavior.

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Assessment

Tech stack
macos, markdown, objective-c
Domain
desktop, internationalization
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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