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| 26 | Unlike the original rxvt, B<rxvt-unicode> stores all text in Unicode |
26 | Unlike the original rxvt, B<rxvt-unicode> stores all text in Unicode |
| 27 | internally. That means it can store and display most scripts in the |
27 | internally. That means it can store and display most scripts in the |
| 28 | world. Being a terminal emulator, however, some things are very difficult, |
28 | world. Being a terminal emulator, however, some things are very difficult, |
| 29 | especially cursive scripts such as arabic, vertically written scripts |
29 | especially cursive scripts such as arabic, vertically written scripts |
| 30 | like mongolian or scripts requiring extremely complex combining rules, |
30 | like mongolian or scripts requiring extremely complex combining rules, |
| 31 | like tibetan or devenagari. Don't expect pretty output when using these |
31 | like tibetan or devanagari. Don't expect pretty output when using these |
| 32 | scripts. Most other scripts, latin, cyrillic, kanji, thai etc. should work |
32 | scripts. Most other scripts, latin, cyrillic, kanji, thai etc. should work |
| 33 | fine, though. A somewhat difficult case are right-to-left scripts, such |
33 | fine, though. A somewhat difficult case are right-to-left scripts, such |
| 34 | as hebrew: B<rxvt-unicode> adopts the view that bidirectional algorithms |
34 | as hebrew: B<rxvt-unicode> adopts the view that bidirectional algorithms |
| 35 | belong into the application, not the terminal emulator (too many things -- |
35 | belong into the application, not the terminal emulator (too many things -- |
| 36 | such as cursor-movement while editing -- break otherwise), but that might |
36 | such as cursor-movement while editing -- break otherwise), but that might |
