479142 - Complex text Layout CTL failed in thunderbird!

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 464436

(Thunderbird :: Build Config, defect)

Description

[Sia]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.6) Gecko/2009020409 Iceweasel/3.0.6 (Debian-3.0.6-1)
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hi,
I'm admired very much . that nobody has posted this BUG. :)
can't write emails with mixed texts Arabic with English correctly. failed the CTL (complex text layout)?!
i found somthing like that:
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=516067&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a
unfortunately, was not! :(

best Regards

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

Tried latest trunk?
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/thunderbird/nightly/latest-trunk/

Comment 2

[Sia]

is same!

Comment 3

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

But a firefox build from mozilla.org works?
Note: not one from your distro, as compile flags are likely involved and those are likely not the same.

Comment 4

[Sia]

I think you misunderstand the issue. CTL missing in thunderbird2.x.x and thunderbird3 Beta as well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_text_layout

best regards

Comment 5

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

Yes I understood that.

The reason I ask if it works in a mozilla.org build of firefox is that the code to support it is more than likely shared code with firefox - so if there's some bug, it's probably just a difference in build flags.

Comment 6

[Sia]

I know of only one e-mail client under mozilla. the problem is with Thunderbird Rich-Editor. other text editor such Medit, Genay, Kate, gvim, OpenOffice writer does not have this problem.

Comment 7

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

Those are not relevant, only firefox, e.g. editing in 
http://www.mozilla.org/editor/midasdemo/

Does the MOZ_ENABLE_PANGO=1 instruction work for you?

See 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Enabling_complex_text_support_for_Indic_scripts

... under Gnome.

Comment 8

[Sia]

again i think you misunderstand the issue completely.
that http://www.mozilla.org/editor/midasdemo/  is the same editor with thunderbird editor. 
comeback to Thunderbird issue:), Firefox is webbrowser and my question have nothing to do with Firefox options absolutely.
 "THE THUNDERBIRD EDITOR IS UNABLE TO USE COMPLEX TEXT LAYOUT"

failed this icon or button in Thunderbird editor:
http://www.google.com/mail/help/images/screenshots/html_compose/rtl_icon.gif
** Right to left*  - changes the directionality of text composing 

text align *Right to Left* isn't enough for CTL.

best regards

Comment 9

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

So your issue has nothing to do with the post you linked to originally?

And it is a request for a rtl button in the compose UI?

I believe http://bidiui.mozdev.org/ gives you that... and there's bug 464436 open for it too - if that's the case, please mark this as a duplicate of bug 464436.

Comment 10

[Sia]

no, i didn't duplicate the Bug, because are lots of bugs reported in this issue. nobody has written about CTL. although the problem is ((( Unsported CTL format in Thunderbird editor)).
 in another Webeditor like the Gmail you can enable it in Settings>>more language>> Right to Left support. after them you have this button ^^ and you can write Complex texts. in OpenOffice Writer is Disabled as Default you need go to:
Tools > Options > Language Settings > Language
and mark Enabled for complex text layout (CTL)
and worked.

best regards