> Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2019 15:25:32 +0100
> Cc: unicode_at_unicode.org
> From: Egmont Koblinger via Unicode <unicode_at_unicode.org>
>
> > ╒═══════════╤══════╕
> > │ filename1 │ 123 │
> > │ FILENAME2 │ 17 │
> > └───────────┴──────┘
> >
> > I'm afraid there's no good way to do BiDi without support from individual
> > programs.
>
> In this particular example, when the output consists of RTL text in
> logical order (the emitter does not reorder the characters to their
> visual order, nor emit any BiDi controls), combined with line drawing
> and such, there is hardly anything we could do purely on the terminal
> emulator's side.
I think the application could use TAB characters to get to the next
cell, then simplistic reordering would also work.
But in general, yes: this is one of the examples why sophisticated
text-editing applications cannot leave this to the terminal. (Another
example is handling mouse clicks, if the terminal supports that.)
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