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= Mission =
The Ubuntu RTL Team's mission is to insure proper support of ''right-to-left languages'' like Arabic, Farsi and Hebrew in Ubuntu and it's derivatives.		 == Most importantly: keep up-to-date on RTL issues ==
 1. [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-rtl | Subscribe to the mailing list]].
 1. Join the [[https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-rtl | team on launchpad]]. The team is subscribed to all changes in the Ubuntu bugs that are tagged with 'rtl' so you will get those by E-mail.
 1. Subscribe to this wiki page.
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= How to help =
The main work is fixing [[https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?field.tag=rtl|bugs which affect users of RTL languages]]. Please help with these bugs.		 -----
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Please report all the bugs that are related to RTL even if they are minor and please tag them `rtl`. <<TableOfContents()>>
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= Goals =
The short-term goals are:
 1. Getting the `rtl` tag accepted as an official [BugSquad|Ubuntu Bug Squad tag].
 1. At least one mentor who has experience with coding for RTL.
 1. Support from the relevant LoCo teams; [[https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-arabic|Ubuntu Arabic]], [[https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-ir|Ubuntu Iranian Team]] and [[IsraeliTeam|Ubuntu Israel Team]].		 == Mission ==
The Ubuntu RTL Team's mission is to improve the support of ''right-to-left languages'' like Arabic, Farsi and Hebrew in Ubuntu.

== What is RTL ==
RTL stands for right to left. Since RTL is a not the original direction of text and GUI's in computing it has it's own development challenges.

There is [[RTLTeam/RTLLanguages | a table with information about the RTL languages]].


We try to contribute our changes upstream as much as possible. Please try to stick to that code (literally) :) .

== Things to get done ==
These are the things to work on, according to priority.
 1. Make a [[RTLTEAM/FallBackToUnity2D | fall back from Unity to Unity 2D for RTL users]] in precise ''before release''
 1. Getting [[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/927931 | RTL enabled in LibreOffice by default or by the presence of an RTL keyboard layout]] in precise ''before release''
 1. Getting [[https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/654988 | RTL support in Unity]]
 1. [[Bugs/ReportingBugs | Report]], [[Bugs/HowToTriage | triage]] and [[Bugs/HowToFix | fix]] [[https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?field.tag=rtl | RTL bugs]]

== Achievements ==
 1. ✓ Getting the `rtl` tag accepted as one of the [[Bugs/Tags|standard Ubuntu bug tags]]

== Resources ==
 *[[https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-rtl | Mailing list]]
 *[[https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-rtl | Us in Launchpad]]
 *[[RTLTeam/RTLLanguages | A table with information about the RTL languages]]
=== RTL Bugs ===
 *[[https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?field.tag=rtl | RTL bugs in Ubuntu]]
 *[[https://bugs.kde.org/buglist.cgi?keywords=rtl&resolution=--- | RTL bugs in KDE]]
 *[[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?keywords=rtl&resolution=--- | RTL bugs in Mozilla]]
 *[[https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=670486 | Request in GNOME to provide an RTL keyword]]
 *[[http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libreoffice-qa/2012-March/001391.html | Request in LibreOffice to provide an RTL keyword]]
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CategoryTeam [[CategoryRTLTeam]]

Most importantly: keep up-to-date on RTL issues

  1. Subscribe to the mailing list.

  2. Join the team on launchpad. The team is subscribed to all changes in the Ubuntu bugs that are tagged with 'rtl' so you will get those by E-mail.

  3. Subscribe to this wiki page.

Contents

  1. Most importantly: keep up-to-date on RTL issues
  2. Mission
  3. What is RTL
  4. Things to get done
  5. Achievements
  6. Resources
    1. RTL Bugs

Mission

The Ubuntu RTL Team's mission is to improve the support of right-to-left languages like Arabic, Farsi and Hebrew in Ubuntu.

What is RTL

RTL stands for right to left. Since RTL is a not the original direction of text and GUI's in computing it has it's own development challenges.

There is a table with information about the RTL languages.

We try to contribute our changes upstream as much as possible. Please try to stick to that code (literally) Smile :) .

Things to get done

These are the things to work on, according to priority.

  1. Make a fall back from Unity to Unity 2D for RTL users in precise before release

  2. Getting RTL enabled in LibreOffice by default or by the presence of an RTL keyboard layout in precise before release

  3. Getting RTL support in Unity

  4. Report, triage and fix RTL bugs

Achievements

  1. ✓ Getting the rtl tag accepted as one of the standard Ubuntu bug tags

Resources

RTL Bugs

CategoryTeam CategoryRTLTeam

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