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Arabic doesn't render correctly
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Description
Hi, I use vim inside the terminal and it renders Arabic correctly. But I'm missing MacVim features. I was wondering if MacVim is using CoreText, then why Arabic is rendered incorrectly?
Take the following words for example, if you check the vim 8 in terminal it should display it as you can see it in your browser (if you have already executed set noarabic).
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But in MacVim, the Arabic text is rendered from left to right. I saw there is an issue already posted here #696, but was it fixed?
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the Arabic rendering in MacVim and comparing it with terminal Vim and the browser using the example words. Review the related issue #696 for prior investigation; done means Arabic text renders right-to-left correctly in MacVim.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- macos, vim
- Domain
- desktop, internationalization
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100