right-to-left languages in Python

Question

I want to write a Hebrew string in Python and then show it onscreen. The problem is that I get a mirror view of what I wrote. How can I set the string to use RTL instead of left to right?

Bihari

Do you use any GUI library to show it on screen? Or maybe you just print it to console? – Mckinleymckinney

It's not pretty, but have you tried .reverse()? ;) – Kendrickkendricks

There's more to proper Hebrew typesetting than just the display order! These ‘advanced text layout’ features are dealt with by GUI apps (eg using Uniscribe or Pango), but are pretty much out of reach for console apps. – Martica

I can't use reverse(); I didn't find the function. The GUI I use is PsychoPy. Thank you for your help – Bihari

Answer 1

Did you try this?

http://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-bidi/

http://pypi.python.org/pypi/django-bidi-utils

The Israeli FOSS community is doing a lot in this direction. Surprisingly, they happily collaborate also with Farsi speakers :-)

pyfribidi for windows or any other bidi algorithm

Enrollment

it is Farsi not Pharsi! – Arborvitae

No need to use ! It's like you are yelling ... Thanks for enlightening us – Enrollment

Not surprising at all. They are a nice bunch! – Commissionaire

@Arborvitae It's neither Pharsi, nor Farsi, In English it's called Persian. It's like you say Dutch instead of German – Calorific

Answer 2

I know I'm pretty late to the party, but you can always use:

 " שלום hello "[::-1]

But the real solution is to use:

from bidi.algorithm import get_display
print(get_display("היי"))

Sidky