Support for RTL languages , specially Arabic

[TheWondaBoi]

hello
i know this has been discussed but i've never understood what was the outcome of that discussion

i mean is it possible to have RTL languages supported in chatterino , is there any workaround for us users?

please i need simple explaination as i know that this is duplicated but i never understood the outcome of the older threads about this subject

[leon-richardt]

TL;DR: It's generally recognized as a shortcoming of Chatterino that RTL languages are not supported. Unfortunately, implementing support for them is not straightforward and would probably require a significant amount of rewriting core layouting logic at a fairly low level in Chatterino. Making sure nothing breaks as a result of this rewrite is not trivial and will probably also take a good chunk of work.

Feel free to let me know if you have further questions.

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Relevant issues for reference:

• Problem with Languages using the Arabic Script - Hebrew and Arabic are reversed #720
• Make RTL languages render the correct way #1970
• Hebrew and Arabic are reversed  #930
• Support for RTL Languages! #3794
• ... and probably others I have missed.

[Felanbird]

@TheWondaBoi Proper RTL support was added in #3958 - I attempted to @ everybody who ever asked about this feature, in #720, but it appears I missed those who opened discussions.