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NAME

Prima::Widget::BidiInput - heuristics for i18n input

DESCRIPTION

Provides common functionality for the bidirectional input to be used in editable widgets

Methods

handle_bidi_input %OPTIONS

Given action and text in %OPTIONS, returns new text and a suggested cursor position.

The following options are understood:

action

One of: backspace, delete, cut, insert, overtype

at INTEGER

Current cursor position, calculated in clusters

glyphs Prima::Drawable::Glyphs object

Shaped text

n_clusters INTEGER

The number of clusters in the text

rtl BOOLEAN

Set to 1 if the default input direction is RTL (right-to-left)

text STRING

The text to edit

AUTHOR

Dmitry Karasik, <dmitry@karasik.eu.org>.

SEE ALSO

Prima, Prima::Drawable::Glyphs