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Controlling Default Bidirectional Attributes Through Resources
You can configure the default bidirectional attributes of a given IlvDisplay instance in a resource file (.Xdefault on UNIX and .INI on Windows). The following table lists the names of the resources that Views Bidi recognizes, along with their possible values. The default value appears in bold.
Resources 
Resource Name
Possible Values
defaultLayoutDirection
lefttoright righttoleft contextual rtl ltr
defaultNumerals
nominal national contextual
defaultSwapping
false true off on
defaultShaping
false true off on
defaultWordBreak
true false on off
Published date: 05/24/2022
Last modified date: 02/24/2022
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