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This gist will show the support of BiDirectional text in the terminal emulators and console programs. You can read more about the standardization efforts at the dedicated page of FreeDesktop Terminal BiDi working group.

How to test

Logical Order ◀ ◀ ◀ RTL LTR ▶ ▶ ▶
WHAT IS UNICODE؟ in arabic in arabic ؟EDOCINU SI TAHW ؟EDOCINU SI TAHW in arabic
ما هو الترميز الموحد يونيكود؟ in Arabic ما هو الترميز الموحد يونيكود؟ in Arabic

Supporting BiDirectional text

According to a new standard

Please note, that specification is preliminary yet, and VTE implementation is still work in progress:

Incompatible and incomplete implementations

Supporting BiDirectional text programs, but incompatible

Not supporting BiDirectional text

Terminal multiplexers

Not supporting BiDirectional text programs

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