mobile-shell/mosh

Investigate rendering of Arabic

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#213 opened on Apr 17, 2012

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Description

ECMA-48 doesn't support RTL Unicode and neither do we, but if screen, tmux, gnome-terminal and xterm all support Arabic in the same way, we should too.

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Tech stack
cpp
Domain
clidesktopinternationalizationlocalizationaccessibility
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
4
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
over 1 week
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
mostly clear
Prerequisites
C++Unicode RTLTerminal emulationGit
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
25
Research direction
Examine the source code of screen, tmux, gnome terminal, and xterm to understand their Arabic rendering implementation. Identify the key differences from mosh's current approach. Propose an implementation strategy for mosh, referencing specific files or functions in mosh that need modification. The investigation should also consider ECMA 48 limitations and how other terminals work around them.