I was checking my profile settings, looking for arabic language but found that its not implemented yet. if i install lemmy in future, do i need to install arabic to my instance separately or it will come our of the box?

    • @jay91OP
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      63 years ago

      I’m sorry, i meant in the options. i want to change lemmy`s interface but no option for arabic !

  • fakefunk
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    63 years ago

    Looks like most strings are translated, but everything is still LTR…

    • @nutomicA
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      53 years ago

      If you or anyone else knows how to implement RTL text, that would be very helpful. Neither of us speaks an RTL language, so for us its very hard to figure out (plus we have tons of other things to work on).

      • fakefunk
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        I do not speak an RTL language either, but from what I know of I can give you an idea of what it takes to support it properly.

        The start would be to add dir="rtl" to the html element and see what needs fixing: thankfully because you use flexbox in most places the layout naturally switches. The rest would be to use logical properties: text-align:start; instead of text-align:left, padding-inline-start instead of padding-left… Most of the CSS spatial properties have their logical sibling, even border-radius. If needed, you can also overwrite rules with html[dir="rtl"] {…}

        Then, for user inputed text, each top level node (p, ul, ol, blockquote, h1…) should have the dir="auto" attribute, so it’s possible to have text in two directions, depending on the first word of the element. Simply doing <textarea dir="auto"> isn’t possible because then the first word decides of the text direction for the whole content. Supporting RTL fully also means supporting mixed directional text.

        • DessalinesA
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          43 years ago

          If you wanted to take a look at lemmy-ui and add this, I’d be happy to help where I can.

          • fakefunk
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            3 years ago

            Will do! I will start with switching main.css to logical properties, and then have a look at the themes…

            • @jay91OP
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              12 years ago

              Any update on the RTL?

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      • @jay91OP
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        23 years ago

        I’m not good with coding stuff, but if you need help with the language, i can do. like to correct and check the words, i’m a fluent arabic speaker, also i speak english. i have contributed in translating a lot of projects, wordpress projects and discourse. if you need my help, i’m open to volunteer.

          • @jay91OP
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            22 years ago

            I have checked the translations last night, also finished the unfinished ones. like 90% of the requirements has been completed.