Actually, I need diacritics in the LATIN script (left to right
only), 'cause no one's gonna make me give up on NW 6.5 for my
Persian anytime soon! (1100 pages plus indices!)
All the diacritics *I* want to function are to transliterate
Persian/Arabic/Chaghatay into Latin so that all those non-Arabic
script savvy people out there can understand my dissertation.
Does this need to wait for 10.4/NEx 2.5, too?
Thanks for the update!
Vika
On Mon, 9 May 2005, Support wrote:
Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 11:56:28 -0700
From: Support <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Nisus-Interactive List <[email protected]>
Cc: Vika Gardner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Nisus-interactive] getting the diacritics
Vika, et. al,
None of that's going to work quite correctly until we release version 2.5.
So, as a reminder:
Benjamin,
Thank you for your interest in Nisus Writer Express.
Nisus Writer Express was first released in July of 2003. It is all new, it is
not a port of Classic Nisus Writer. It is not like any version of Nisus Writer
that has come before. We know, there are features missing at this point, but in
time this application will be a lean, clean (even elegant), word processor that
will compete with anything out there.
These first versions of Nisus Writer Express are aimed at the 98% of the market
that does not use Nisus. These people have basic word processing needs, and
probably have no clue as to what Nisus is about. We believe (and we are gaining
real world evidence to support our belief) that this group will be very glad to
learn what they can now do with an OS X Cocoa word processor.
In February of 2004 we released version 1.1.2 which included features such as a
Language Palette, show invisibles, back to front printing, an integrated
thesaurus (Nisus Thesaurus, to be exact!), the ability to change the background
color, (limited) WordPerfect translation and Panther (Mac OS X 10.3)
compatibility (some features work better (or only) in 10.3). It did not,
however, have a whole variety of features that so many Nisus Writer Classic
users (myself included) so appreciated… most of those features are on the list
for future versions.
In September of 2004 we released version 2.0 which implemented three crucial
features: footnotes (and endnotes), tables and user defined styles. These, along
with many smaller touches are significant additions to the feature set of an
elegant writing environment. In November of 2004 we released version 2.1 which
significantly increased the the application's speed and in December we released
a minor update that resolved a number of bugs. On April 29 (to coincide with the
release of Apple's new Operating System Panther (OS X 10.4)) we released Nisus
Writer Express 2.1.2. This enables our dedicated public to continue using Nisus
Writer Express with the new OS as we prepare a new version that utilizes its new
features.
Regarding BiDirectional text in particular, we had it on good authority, though
unofficial, that “Panther” Mac OS X 10.3 was to solve *most* of the problems
with BiDi text. We were disappointed with the initial release of Panther, and
hoped for a fix in an update. That was not forthcoming from Apple. This year at
Macworld in San Francisco (2005) I was able to give Tiger (Mac OS X 10.4) a five
minute test of BiDi text processing. From this very limited test I was able to
confirm that Apple has increased its support of BiDi text from 95% complete to
99% complete. I have been told via a reliable source that Tiger solves the final
problems that OS X has with BiDirectional text editing and display. I have not
had the opportunity to test this yet. In addition, we have not finished
implementing our code that utilizes the fixes in Tiger.
We are now about to release the public beta of Nisus Writer Express 2.5 which
will work with Macintosh OS X 10.4 (Tiger) it will have the ability to do
numbered lists, and BiDirectional text and have an improved style sheet
navigator and support for "LinkBack" <http://www.linkbackproject.org/>.
Version 2 of Nisus Writer Express does not have the Graphics Layer (as we know
it). This is so often requested by our users that we are likely to implement it
in another upgrade (though it will take some coding to make sure it works).
While that represents a lot of progress in a short time, please believe me when
I state: We are still working on the Nisus Writer that fulfills *your* needs,
because then, it will fulfill *ours*.
On 7 May, 2005, at 4:29, Vika Gardner wrote:
> Perhaps a dumb question. Feel free to redirect me if this is the
> wrong place.
>
> I am trying to get functional Unicode diacritics (for
> Persian/Arabic/Chaghatai) using Nisus Writer Express 2.1.3 (:-).
> I know how to type them, but only some of the fonts, despite the
> Keyboard viewer showing the existence of the correct diacritics
> for that font when selected (option-a for macron, option-h for
> under-line, option-x for under-dot), when typed the serif fonts
> largely revert to a non-serif (arial?) letter. Vowels with
> macrons seem to default to a serif face, consonants to a
> san-serif (and wow, does that make for ugly words!). This
> despite the fact that the font name in NEx (Tools, Formatting, Font Family)
> continues to show the font originally selected.
>
> I downloaded Gentium from the web, and this works perfectly, but it doesn't
> have a bold. Arial Unicode downloaded from Brill also seems to work
> correctly.
>
> Is there something I'm missing? Should I get a larger set of
> fonts from somewhere (Nisus?) that will work as I expect? Is the
> problem that the fonts bundled with the Mac OS are not "real"
> unicode fonts?
>
> Thanks!!
>
> Vika
>
> OS 10.3.9, Powerbook G3
>
> Vika Gardner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> www.umich.edu/~vika
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`//rite On!
,\\ark Hurvitz
Vice President for Communications
Nisus Software Inc.
<http://www.nisus.com>
Vika Gardner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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