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From: dorourke@polyslo.UUCP (David O'Rourke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Right-to-left typing?
Message-ID: <2832@polyslo.UUCP>
Date: 24 May 88 07:11:51 GMT
References: <4009@csli.STANFORD.EDU>
Reply-To: dorourke@polyslo.UUCP (David O'Rourke)
Organization: Cal Poly State University -- San Luis Obispo
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In article <4009@csli.STANFORD.EDU> dmr@csli.stanford.edu (Daniel M. Rosenberg) writes:
>Are there any built-in resources that allow right-to-left
>typing for semitic languages (Hebrew, Arabic, Aramaic)
>these days? We have an oldish copy of MacInHebrew that
>does not work on our Macintosh II, so pointers to
>a reasonably recent version of that would also be helpful.

  I'm not sure about what your question exactly wants in the way of information.
But the Script Manager as Documented in Inside Mac vol. V provides methods of
handling "Non-Roman" text.  Including right to left, word calculation, line
breaks, ect...

  Hope this helps.


-- 
David M. O'Rourke

Disclaimer: I don't represent the school.  All opinions are mine!