Bidirectional input method
The bidirectional input method (BIM) is similar to the single-byte input method except that it is customized to process the Arabic, Hebrew, and Urdu keyboards. BIM also links the Hebrew and Arabic states to the Latin states. The Alt+Right Shift keys allow the user to toggle between the Arabic/Hebrew/Urdu and Latin language layers. The use of these keys is derived from BIM.
The features of BIM are as follows:
- Supports Arabic, Hebrew, and Latin states
- Supports the ISO8859-6, ISO8859-8, IBM-1046, IBM-856, and Unicode UTF-8 code sets
- Performs diacritical composing