Robert> On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, Mark Leisher wrote:
>> This should present 3 isolated forms. None of the Arabic letters in
>> this case are adjacent in memory, so they don't affect each other for
>> shaping.
Robert> That means "overwrite mode" for an editor would have to rewrite
Robert> the entire word out. (but then, I guess the editor would know a
Robert> bit about shaping itself, due to handling wrap and so forth).
Robert> Ok. I'm going to try this.
Sorry, I was thinking in terms of the whole sequence being written out at
once. Basically any Arabic letters next to each other will cause shaping to
occur.
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