printing RTL (Arabic text) #8752

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opened 2026-01-31 01:37:04 +00:00 by claunia · 3 comments
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Originally created by @geohadab on GitHub (Jun 2, 2020).

Arabic text is not printed correctly in ubuntu, cmd and powershells. I tried to print Arabic text in a python interpreter and I get the same wrong result.
this is how the arabic text is printed
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ubuntu

and this is how the text should be printed in python idle and ipython in spyder ide
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spyder

windows terminal version: 1.0.1401

Originally created by @geohadab on GitHub (Jun 2, 2020). Arabic text is not printed correctly in ubuntu, cmd and powershells. I tried to print Arabic text in a python interpreter and I get the same wrong result. this is how the arabic text is printed ![cmd](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/6843773/83562834-e5237a00-a522-11ea-822b-4606db229bb7.JPG) ![ubuntu](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/6843773/83562847-e81e6a80-a522-11ea-9c3d-0225b9f3f646.JPG) and this is how the text should be printed in python idle and ipython in spyder ide ![idle](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/6843773/83563005-2e73c980-a523-11ea-8da8-66c5c0677618.JPG) ![spyder](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/6843773/83563013-32075080-a523-11ea-9d76-6da47f0b25d5.JPG) windows terminal version: 1.0.1401
claunia added the Resolution-Duplicate label 2026-01-31 01:37:04 +00:00
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@skyline75489 commented on GitHub (Jun 3, 2020):

We do not support RTL yet. See the megathread #538 .

@skyline75489 commented on GitHub (Jun 3, 2020): We do not support RTL yet. See the megathread #538 .
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jun 3, 2020):

Thanks for the suggestion! Please make sure to search for duplicates when filing new issues. This is already being tracked by another issue on our repo - please refer to #538 for more discussion.

/dup #538

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jun 3, 2020): Thanks for the suggestion! Please make sure to [search for duplicates](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues?q=is%3Aissue+arabic+is%3Aclosed+) when filing new issues. This is already being tracked by another issue on our repo - please refer to #538 for more discussion. /dup #538
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Jun 3, 2020):

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!

@ghost commented on GitHub (Jun 3, 2020): Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!
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Reference: starred/terminal#8752