| Huji | |
| Oct 10 2015, 6:54 PM |
| F2704312: TIMELINE.png | |
| Oct 10 2015, 6:54 PM |
Here is an example:
<timeline> # All measures are in pixels ImageSize = width:160 height:550 PlotArea = left:50 right:0 bottom:10 top:10 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = yyyy Period = from:1 till:6 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical ScaleMajor = increment:1 start:1 PlotData= bar:Test color:red width:25 mark:(line,white) align:left fontsize:S from:start till:3 text:Test from:4 till:end text:آزمایش </timeline>
And the output (you see boxes instead of "آزمایش"):
it supports unicode just fine. But it doesn't support font substitution (or BIDI). So arabic wikis might need to have a different font set
I have dig in Chinese wiki which has a similar issue (T22825). I guess we can switch to use unifont.
I test the case:
only in zhwp is ok, other wiki not OK
maybe many wiki switch to use unifont....
This issue is still relevant for Meta-wiki: see https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:BoardChart/ja
Is there any progress?
I doubt that this will be fixed. EasyTimeline relies on Ploticus, an upstream graphics library. It was possbly good for the task in mid-2000s when EasyTimeline was developed, but by current standards it is generally buggy, has poor graphics quality and poor Unicode support, and most importantly—it hasn't been maintained since 2012.
The most realistic thing to do about EasyTimeline is to stop using it for creating new timelines, and to migrate to the Graph extension. Yes, it will require a lot of work, but I cannot think of anything better. If anybody can develop an automatic converter from EasyTimeline's unique syntax to the Graph extension's syntax, it will be pretty awesome, but it's definitely not my expertise. (An opportunity for a grant-funded project, I'd say.)