Hi Caleb,

Thanks for a very interesting project.

I was thinking that it would be good to make ATCK Bidirectional, since it can be the base layer for many BIDI sites that way. I am working on a BIDI site, but I am no pro, so I need a good foundation. And a theme like Garland is simply too clever in many ways to start out with and I don't like that. I also want something simple that doesn't break when I increase the font size (like 99% of all downloadable themes including Garland).

So ATCK is perfect if only it would have BIDI support (I mean . I created a style-rtl.css file that I will send you (don't want to post it here give these licence issues). It does 90% of the job for me already. The alignment of menus is a bit weird. Perhaps fixing that is a breeze for you (like I said I'm not a pro). I only tested it on two layouts, so it might not work for you.

Thanks,
rvk

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calebgilbert commented

Hi rvk,

I'd love to see atck be bidirectional, but I don't have any time to work on it, or even much a particular need with my current development work. I would be glad however to accept patches if anyone wants to roll one. :-)

Regards,
Caleb

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rvk commented

Too bad you don't have the time yourself. Like I said I did part of the job (I think anyway). Someone (with more css skills) should have a look at it though. Can I post it here (given the licence issues)? Well you should have it in your inbox too.

rvk

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calebgilbert commented

Hi rvk,

Please feel free to post it here -

Cheers,
Caleb

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rvk commented

Well this is what I used as style-rtl.css

I put up a testsite here: http://www.cicero.ws/testsites/voxforge2/
There seems to be an issue with menu alignment. Other than that it seems to do the trick. If anyone can review this more thoroughly please do!

rvk

	body,div,dl,dt,dd,ul,ol,li,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,pre,form,fieldset,input,textarea,p,blockquote,th,td{
	text-align: right;
	direction: rtl;
}

caption,th {
	text-align: right;
}

/*
	 For controlling alignment, layout and width of page.
*/
/*~	page alignment	*/
			body.center #container {
				text-align: right;
				}
			
			.layout .gr {
				float : right;
				}
			
			/*	makes good with the source order	*/
			.a-b .b, 
			.a-c .c, 
			.b-c .c, 
			.layout .gr .a-b .b, 
			.layout .gr .a-c .c, 
			.layout .gr .b-c .c {
				float: left;
				}
			
			/*	fix nesting for above	*/
			.a-b .gr .b, 
			.b-c .gr .c , 
			.a-c .gr .c {
				float : right;
				}
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summit commented

Subscribing, interested in this development!
greetings, Martijn

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calebgilbert commented
Status: Active » Closed (works as designed)

I'm not closing this subject off and marking 'won't fix', but I am marking 'by design'. I will certainly take patches if anyone wants to make BIDI happen though. Cheers - Caleb