[GH-ISSUE #518] Names in a RTL language are reversed. #213

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opened 2026-02-28 14:47:47 +03:00 by kerem · 3 comments

kerem commented

2026-02-28 14:47:47 +03:00

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Originally created by @ReemKish on GitHub (Jul 2, 2020).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/Rigellute/spotify-tui/issues/518

Songs/artist/album names in a right to left language (e.g. Hebrew) are displayed backwards.
Displaying RTL languages correctly is of course problematic in terminal applications, but in this case I think that simply inverting the order of characters in RTL names should fix it?
I might give it a try later on.

Originally created by @ReemKish on GitHub (Jul 2, 2020). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/Rigellute/spotify-tui/issues/518 Songs/artist/album names in a right to left language (e.g. Hebrew) are displayed backwards. Displaying RTL languages correctly is of course problematic in terminal applications, but in this case I think that simply inverting the order of characters in RTL names should fix it? I might give it a try later on.

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2026-02-28 14:47:48 +03:00

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@rafi commented on GitHub (Sep 23, 2020):

Would be great. I guess something like this https://github.com/servo/unicode-bidi is needed

@rafi commented on GitHub (Sep 23, 2020): Would be great. I guess something like this https://github.com/servo/unicode-bidi is needed

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@Rigellute commented on GitHub (Sep 30, 2020):

I expect spotify-tui to display text in the form that the string arrives from the spotify API.

Are artist names correct in the API response and then somehow reversed in the tui?

@Rigellute commented on GitHub (Sep 30, 2020): I expect spotify-tui to display text in the form that the string arrives from the spotify API. Are artist names correct in the API response and then somehow reversed in the tui?

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@rafi commented on GitHub (Oct 2, 2020):

@Rigellute the response from API is ok, but RTL (Arabic, Hebrew) support means the client needs to implement the "unicode bidirectional algorithm", like the unicode-bidi library mentioned above or fribidi for example.

@rafi commented on GitHub (Oct 2, 2020): @Rigellute the response from API is ok, but RTL (Arabic, Hebrew) support means the client needs to implement the "unicode bidirectional algorithm", like the [unicode-bidi](https://github.com/servo/unicode-bidi) library mentioned above or [fribidi](https://github.com/fribidi/fribidi) for example.