On Sat, 25 Oct 2003, L.F. wrote:
> I have changed from Windows 2000 to Linux because of the viruses. Good move. Iam > very happy now because Linux is much safer and much more stable.However, I > have a problem: I have a file with words in English with the phonetic > transcription Is the file in MS word, ascii, rtf? Or a special app? but Openoffice or KWord of Debian-Linux doesn't convert some of > the symbols:the schwa, the symbol for sh in ship, the symbol for ch in chair, > the symbol for j in John, the symbol for s in television, the symbol for s > in treasure, the symbol for th in three, the symbol for u in cut. OK. so the font must not be available. It can be read by OO or kword WITH the exeption of the special symbols? I > have downloaded the tippa fonts and all the others from Debian and they are > available in my computer. Could somebody help me to solve this problem? > Thanks in advance. > <snip> Sounds like you need to convert from one font to another. so /schwa/ -> chr(some-number), a->a,A->, etc. sounds like a task for sed or perl or maybe tr? -kev -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]