[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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