[alreq] Programming language (i.e. Java) code editor and Arabic text

• From: Tomer Mahlin via GitHub <sysbot+gh@w3.org>
• Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 10:04:29 +0000
• To: public-i18n-archive@w3.org
• Message-ID: <issues.opened-225036077-1493373868-sysbot+gh@w3.org>

tomerm has just created a new issue for https://github.com/w3c/alreq:

== Programming language (i.e. Java) code editor and Arabic text ==
I would like to raise two use cases for discussion: 

1. Plain text which can appear inside comments / constants in Java (or any other programming language) code. The expected direction of such text would be RTL, while majority of code editors (as part of various Integrated Development Environments) don't enforce it.

2. Layout of Java editor (or any other programming language editor) . While math formulas can appear in RTL order, Java code (even if it includes Arabic text in various contexts - such as constants, variable names etc.) should appear in LTR flow (which is a natural flow to Java or any other programming language syntax).
Attaching example from Eclipse based IDE in which Java code editor is LTR oriented:

![arabicdevenv_javacode](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/5329257/25524386/09923098-2c13-11e7-9cf6-04bb8997b3ef.png)


Please view or discuss this issue at https://github.com/w3c/alreq/issues/113 using your GitHub account

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