texttops in CUPS 1.3

[Michael Sweet]

Opher Shachar wrote:
> ...
>> By the way, the texttops filter implements some right to left handling
>> but AFAIR there is something more than just inverting the sequence
>> of characters.
> 
> Absolutly! A simple reversal of (suppose lower case latin is hebrew):
>    my phone number: +972 (3) 7323836
> gives:
>    6383237 )3( 279+ :rebmun enohp ym

That's why the filter only reverses strings of characters whose
default order is right-to-left.

Better handling is available in Apple's cgtexttopdf and Red Hat's
paps filter.

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