[Xerte] Re: FW: Xerte in Arabic?

Tue Dec 10 14:39:29 GMT 2013

Where are we with a html5 editor for the XML?

Is there a branch anywhere?

On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 2:08 PM, Julian Tenney <
Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:

> I expect that doing R-L text is an acceptable solution, but really, it’s
> the whole thing. Leaving text aside, you might position graphics to tell a
> story and end up with a sunset rather than a sunrise - that could really be
> confusing.
>
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>
> *From:* xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
> xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Alistair McNaught
> *Sent:* 10 December 2013 14:05
> *To:* Xerte discussion list; xerte at pgogywebstuff.com
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> *Subject:* [Xerte] Re: FW: Xerte in Arabic?
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> It’s an interesting area to discuss. I’m going to speak to my Iraqi
> daughter in law about it and see what wisdom she can impart!
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> A
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> *From:* xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [
> mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>]
> *On Behalf Of *Julian Tenney
> *Sent:* 10 December 2013 14:01
> *To:* xerte at pgogywebstuff.com; Xerte discussion list
> *Subject:* [Xerte] Re: FW: Xerte in Arabic?
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> It’s more than that: we design the screen for L-R viewers. It’s not just
> text that is read R-L, R-L viewers will scan the screen from the top right
> to the bottom left, so it’s the whole information design thing that needs
> consideration. Or a mirror.
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> *From:* xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [
> mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>]
> *On Behalf Of *Pat L (pgogy)
> *Sent:* 10 December 2013 11:33
> *To:* xerte at pgogywebstuff.com
> *Cc:* Xerte discussion list
> *Subject:* [Xerte] Re: FW: Xerte in Arabic?
>
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> It would be handy though to know if the "ideal" in L to R / R to L would
> be to switch the form elements to the other side as well? Or can the text
> swap but not the form element position?
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> On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 10:20 AM, Pat L (pgogy) <xerte at pgogywebstuff.com>
> wrote:
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> How did we get on with the Hebrew L to R - given it's the same deal really?
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> Is Arabised really a word?
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> On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 9:01 AM, Alistair McNaught <
> Alistair.McNaught at heacademy.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> We had this come into our helpdesk following a query about Xerte working
> in Arabic. Right in believing that the Xerte Editor is still in Flash and
> Flash can't handle right to left languages?
>
> If I'm wrong then it looks like Julian has a very local contact interested
> in developing an Arabic Toolkits. Given the receptivity of the Middle East
> to embracing elearning and mlearning that would be a great coup if it's
> technically possible.
>
> Actually - maybe we should look to some wealthy Middle Eastern funding
> source to develop an html5 editor so that Toolkits can be Arabised?
>
> A
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dr Ahmed Meliebary [mailto:abu_hattan at hotmail.com]
> Sent: 09 December 2013 15:12
> To: Terry McAndrew
> Subject: Xertr
>
> Dear Terry
>
> Count me in please fir helping with Arabising Xerte.
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>
> Regards,
> A
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