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Internationalization (Pango)

  • Unicode
    Consistent Encoding for all languages
    Mixing Languages

  • Bidirectional Text
    Languages written right-to-left: Hebrew, Arabic
    Need to support mixed right-to-left and left-to-right
    Interface Mirroring: switch entry to appear on right of label

  • Complex Text

  • Characters combine together to form different shapes.
    Indic Languages, Thai, etc. (also Korean)

  • Better Input Method support
    Currently basic support for Chinese, Japanese
    Support more languages (Thai, Arabic, etc)
    In-place editing