Dov Grobgeld writes:
I have a strange idea. The text and entry widgets are created by
calling the appropriate GTK function by the application, right? So
what if we make an .so library that overrides these functions and
makes them create the Hebrew widgets instead, and then LD_PRELOAD
Idan Sofer writes:
makes them create the Hebrew widgets instead,and then LD_PRELOAD that
library into any GTK application? Theoretically this should allow us
why making things complex?isn't patching Gtk itself would be simpler?
Well, then you'll need to patch every version of GTK that
Dov Grobgeld wrote:
I congratulate you on your efforts Idan, and I would be very
interested to see what you have come up with. I'm sure there are
others than me as well so if you could put it in a public place it
would be great. I'm also curious why you chose to write your own
BiDi library
Dov Grobgeld writes:
Already now there is plenty that could be done. The reflected gtk
widgets should be enough for patching a gtk-based mail agent (e.g.
Balsa, and the author of Balsa is all for it) to support visual
mode Hebrew email. Simple irc and icq support could easily be
Alex Shnitman writes:
I have a strange idea. The text and entry widgets are created by
calling the appropriate GTK function by the application, right? So
what if we make an .so library that overrides these functions and
makes them create the Hebrew widgets instead, and then LD_PRELOAD that
