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Is it technically possible to support Arabic usernames? (lemdro.id)
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And how to do it? Looking for a tutorial.

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[–] Corbin@programming.dev 2 points 6 days ago

Linux supports Unicode usernames. However, bidirectional rendering is application-specific. I have not tried this myself, so I'm not sure what happens. Also, I'm not sure whether the bidirectional markers are canonicalized away, so the input method likely matters too.