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diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..38377cb --- /dev/null +++ b/README.txt @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +bidirectional text input support for Pd +======================================= + +while Pd>=0.43 has support for UTF-8 characters, there are still some problems +with text-input of middle-eastern characters, that have a right-to-left text +orientation (hebrew, arabic,...) +this plugin tries to solve this, by fixing the text-orientation for such texts. + + +INSTALLATION +------------ +you will need the tcl-fribidi bindings. +get it from + https://github.com/umlaeute/tcl-fribidi/ +and follow the tcl-fribidi instructions for compiling. +it should be something like: + $ cd tcl-fribidi/ + $ autoconf + $ ./configure + $ make +(note that you need the libfribidi library (dev-package!) installed) +compiling tcl-fribidi should give you these files: + libfribidi0.1.so (version '0.1' might be different) + pkgIndex.tcl +copy these two files into the bidi-plugin/ directory (where you are currently +reading THIS readme.txt) + +finally copy the entire bidi-plugin/ directory into ~/pd-externals/, so you end +up with + ~/pd-externals/bidi-plugin/bidi-plugin.tcl + ~/pd-externals/bidi-plugin/libfribidi0.1.so + ~/pd-externals/bidi-plugin/pkgIndex.tcl + ~/pd-externals/bidi-plugin/README.txt + +now start Pd. +you should see a "loaded: bidi-plugin 0.1" message. + +once you type in hebrew or arabic letters, you should see that they will be +displayed in the correct order. + + + + +AUTHOR +------ +IOhannes m zmölnig |