Rational Developer for System z

Bi-directional Settings Page

In order to use bidirectional features for a project, you must enable bidirectional support before you create the project. To access the Bi-directional Settings Page, select Preferences -> Team -> SCLM Preferences -> BIDI Settings Page from the main Eclipse Window menu. If the bidirectional configuration changes at the host, you should refresh the project information at the workstation.

Bidirectional preferences

You can set the following options on the Bi-directional Settings Page:

Bidirectional enabled
Check this box to enable bidirectional support for the current project.

The following attributes can be set separately for each added language. For each language in the project, the default local bidirectional attributes are used except for languages added in the preferences page (they override the default local bidirectional attributes).

Text Type (Logical or Visual)
For bidirectional sessions, the default display text type is Logical. This option sets the local text type bidirectional attribute for the language as Logical.
Text Orientation (Right-to-Left or Left-to-Right)
For bidirectional sessions, the default display text type is Left-to-Right. This option sets the local text direction for the language as Left-to-Right.
Symmetric Swapping
In right-to-left files, swapping characters are replaced with their directional opposites. For example, in a right-to-left string, the (and) will be reversed. This option is available for Arabic connections only.
Numeric Swapping
In right-to-left files, existing English numerals are replaced by Arabic numerals, and Arabic numerals are replaced by the English equivalents. This option is available for Arabic connections only.

For more information about Bidirectional settings, refer to Bidirectional considerations.


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