Public bug reported: AFAIK Whiptail has a built-in RTL script support, which is awesome on many environment with no RTL support such as text-based Debian installer or TTYs. But recently VTE added support for RTL languages and now, Whiptail is broken on GNOME Terminal, etc.
--- I reported this upstream too: https://pagure.io/newt/issue/20 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.10 Package: whiptail 0.52.21-4ubuntu7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.13.0-19.19-generic 5.13.14 Uname: Linux 5.13.0-19-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu70 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: pass CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Mon Oct 18 15:09:03 2021 InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-07-13 (97 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 21.04 "Hirsute Hippo" - Release amd64 (20210420) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=fa_IR SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: newt UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to impish on 2021-10-16 (1 days ago) ** Affects: newt (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug impish wayland-session -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1947578 Title: broken RTL support in VTE-based terminal emulators. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/newt/+bug/1947578/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs