Re: [docbook-apps] Re: [docbook] better internationalization issues again

Hi Chris,
Thanks for that information.  Currently the DocBook XSL stylesheets do not 
have locale files for Urdu, Yiddish, or Pashto.  When someone provides them, 
I'll be sure to mark them as rtl.

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises



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From: "Christopher R. Maden" <>
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Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 11:30 PM
Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Re: [docbook] better internationalization issues 
again


Bob Stayton wrote:
> I forgot to mention which values of lang or xml:lang  trigger
> right-to-left writing mode.  The current list is he (Hebrew), ar
> (Arabic), and fa (Farsi). Also, the current snapshot for the
> docbook-xsl-ns namespaced stylesheets should work for DocBook5 documents
> in those languages.

At <URL: http://crism.maden.org/dunno.html >, you’ll see a list of
languages as rendered in your browser.  In Firefox 3, Arabic, Farsi,
Hebrew, Urdu, and Yiddish all render right to left.  There’s no Pashto
on that page, but it should probably be included among rtl-supported
languages.

~Chris
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