New community gap (re-scan). Source: community research.
What users want: per-note or auto RTL direction, and correct cursor/alignment when mixing RTL (Arabic/Hebrew/Persian/Urdu) with English.
Users report "text alignment breaking when languages mix, inaccurate cursor movement in RTL text, and many community themes/plugins not supporting RTL properly" — https://forum.obsidian.md/t/feature-request-improved-right-to-left-rtl-language-support/106103 (also older https://forum.obsidian.md/t/rtl-support/1438)
Demand: Med but persistent and high-passion from a large underserved demographic; esm7 RTL plugin widely used; Obsidian only added partial support in 1.6.x.
noteser fit: Med — CodeMirror has bidi primitives, so per-note dir + auto-detection are feasible; mixed-bidi cursor correctness is genuinely hard. No storage implication; good differentiation in an underserved niche.
How: per-note direction (stored in frontmatter so it round-trips through GitHub) + per-line auto-direction in editor and preview.
New community gap (re-scan). Source: community research.
What users want: per-note or auto RTL direction, and correct cursor/alignment when mixing RTL (Arabic/Hebrew/Persian/Urdu) with English.
Demand: Med but persistent and high-passion from a large underserved demographic; esm7 RTL plugin widely used; Obsidian only added partial support in 1.6.x.
noteser fit: Med — CodeMirror has bidi primitives, so per-note
dir+ auto-detection are feasible; mixed-bidi cursor correctness is genuinely hard. No storage implication; good differentiation in an underserved niche.How: per-note direction (stored in frontmatter so it round-trips through GitHub) + per-line auto-direction in editor and preview.