[Framers] [dita-fmx-users] Publishing RTL languages (Hebrew, Arabic)

[Scott Prentice]

Hi Wim...

Sorry .. other than very limited testing, long ago, I don't do this and 
I'm not aware of any customers who are.

You might try the framemaker-dita list as well.

One thought .. do you know that these features work as expected in a 
non-dita FrameMaker document? If they do, then what about in a 
binary/structured FM document that uses a DITA model. Try removing the 
automation (DITA-FMx or DITA-FM) from the testing, and see if you get 
reasonable results. This can help to determine if the problem is core FM 
or if it's DITA related. Also, I can see this being something that may 
work differently in different versions of FM.

Good luck!

...scott


On 5/25/22 1:22 AM, Wim Hooghwinkel - iDTP wrote:
> Hi, reposting this, did not get any responses so far.
>
> Is anyone publishing their DITA projects to Hebrew or Arabic using 
> DITA-FM or DITA-fmx?
>
> I run into some issues.
>
> 1. alignment of images is not (always) correct
> 2. pagination in the FM book doesn't work as expected (right-left 
> doesn't correspond to even/odd pages when a chapter starts with an 
> even page number).
>
> I guess these problems are related to the issue that in FrameMaker 
> it's not possible to 'import' direction (rtl or ltr) using the import 
> formats menu. Therefore, the documents should be generated from the 
> DITA XML using a rtl-formatted template. And apparently it then just 
> copies the alignment attribute of images as they are in the XML in 
> stead of adapting those to the ltr setting.
>
> Plesae contact me off-list if you want to share your befindings or 
> solutions.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> Vriendelijke groet / Kind regards,
>
> Wim Hooghwinkel
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>> Op 16 mrt. 2022, om 12:15 heeft Wim Hooghwinkel - idtp <wim at idtp.eu 
>> <mailto:wim at idtp.eu>> het volgende geschreven:
>>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> is anyone publishing their DITA projects to Hebrew or Arabic using 
>> DITA-fmx?
>>
>> I run into some issues.
>>
>> 1. alignment of images is not (always) correct
>> 2. pagination in the FM book doesn't work as expected (right-left 
>> doesn't correspond to even/odd pages when a chapter starts with an 
>> even page number).
>>
>> I noticed that FrameMaker also has some issues. For example: it's not 
>> possible to 'import' direction (rtl or ltr) using the import formats 
>> menu.
>>
>> Plesae contact me off-list if you want to share your befindings or 
>> solutions.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> -- 
>> Vriendelijke groet / Kind regards,
>>
>> Wim Hooghwinkel
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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