Aravind, I am working on a similar project. Where is the font 'installed'? Also, what type of font is it? what is the OS?
Regards, Akber On Tue, 19 Feb 2002, Aravind Menon wrote: > Hi, > I do not exactly wish to do the entire handling of Indic script. We have > already modified a part of Xlib (the XDrawString and similar functions) to > handle input in a different manner when it is ISCII encoded (ISCII is an > 8-bit encoding for Indic scripts and is compatible with ascii). This > modification is, at best, ad hoc. > We wanted to introduce UTF-8 support for Indic scripts by > modifying lcUTF8.c and introducing appropriate converters in lcUniConv. These > converters convert UTF-8 encoded text into ISCII. The ISCII text is then > appropriately handled by the modified XDrawString. > I introduced a new locale 'DEVANAGARI', and wrote a UTF to ISCII > converter for it. When XmbDrawString is called with UTF encoded DEVANAGARI text, > the conversion is working fine, but the correct font is not getting loaded. In > fact, XCreateFontSet returns DEVANAGARI as a missing charset inspite of the fact > the required font is installed in the system. > Any suggestions on how to proceed. > > Thanks > Aravind > > On Tue, 19 Feb > 2002, Tomohiro KUBOTA wrote: > > > > > > I am working on a project that involves changing Xlib to support Indian > > > locales. I am quite new to i18n and would like to get technical information > > > about the existing i18n framework, specifically the internal mechanisms and > > > architecture. > > > Where can I find the above information. > > > > Sorry, people here seem not to be interested in supporting "complex" > > languages such as Arab/Hebrew and Indic in Xlib level or some other > > similarly basic level. Though I am interested in, I don't have enough > > skill (I am relatively a newcomer to this list). > > > > > _______________________________________________ > I18n mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/i18n > -- Akber Choudhry Dyanet Inc. http://www.dyanet.com/ _______________________________________________ I18n mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/i18n
