[Gllug] Backward typing mode in Evolution - intentional?
Chris Bell
chrisbell at overview.demon.co.uk
Mon Dec 13 11:27:53 UTC 2004
On Mon 13 Dec, John Winters wrote:
>
> I just experienced something very odd in Evolution. I was replying to a
> message and deleted a large chunk of the original before I started typing.
> Then, when I positioned the cursor where I wanted it and started typing,
> all my new text was appearing backwards! That is, the cursor stayed where
> it was and the new text flowed off to the right. If I typed "Hello", what
> was displayed was "olleH".
>
> Is this a bug or a feature? If the latter, what sequence of keypresses
> enables it?
Unusual direction typing is required for several languages such as Farsi,
but I do not know why or how it is accidentally switched on.
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Chris Bell
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