[scribus] Scribus and Hebrew (Was: Scribus does the Wrong Thing)

[Craig Bradney]

On 19/12/2012, at 10:18, ale rimoldi <ale.comp_06 at xox.ch> wrote:

> hi joe,
> 
>> On 12/18/2012 10:54 PM, ale rimoldi wrote:
>>> in addition to what craig stated "above" here some further thoughts
>>> on the support of non-latin languages in scribus.
>> 
>> I'm not in any particular hurry; this was a one-time experience, not 
>> something that I'm going to need over and over.  My only reason for 
>> bringing it up was to find out if there was a setting that I didn't
>> know about to correct this or if it were a bug that needed
>> reporting.  Now that I'm aware that it's a well-known issue I see no
>> reason for me to worry about it any longer.  It will be corrected
>> when somebody has the time.
> 
> well, this is not 100% correct: it will be corrected when somebody
> allocates lot of time to the issue...
> 
> from the past experience, this won't happen just because it's written
> in the stars... but it needs a strong push from an individual or an
> organization...
> 
> we will see what will happen, but we should not hurry... maybe in two
> days everything is over... :-)
> 
> ciao
> a.l.e

Ale is right. Without work from external contributors on this, it will not get done. We need support, coders and testers for Hebrew support to be considered.

Craig