RE: [PersianComputing] RE: [farsiweb] New keyboard layout for Windows

2003-06-14 Thread Linguasoft
Remember that accents are different from HARAKATs. We only discussed combining symbols (hamza madda), not short vowels. Peter ___ FarsiWeb mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.sharif.edu/mailman/listinfo/farsiweb

RE: [farsiweb] New keyboard layout for Windows

2003-06-13 Thread Linguasoft
There is a difference. Dead keys are typed before the base letter. These are typed after the base letter. Correct. A Unicode wordprocessor package in the creation of which I participated some 10 years ago called the latter variety accent modifier keys (which isn't very clear either). The question

RE: [farsiweb] Re: [PersianComputing] Persian Keyboard Layout Preview

2003-06-13 Thread Linguasoft
ALEF MAKSURA: This is probably a bug in your software, or just it being old. Alef Maksura was only a right-joining character until Unicode 3.0 (like Reh, Dal, ...), and it got changed to a dual-joining character in Unicode 3.0.1. No bug no old software: Arial Unicode MS (latest version) *does*

RE: [farsiweb] Persian input with US/European keyboard

2003-06-12 Thread Linguasoft
Title: Message Hi, I tried your demo at http://www.elgin.free-online.co.uk/fdemo_online.htm and found that some of the substitution rules you use are problematic (e.g., in the beginning of a new line, "oftad" generates and NOT ; in front of certain punctuation marks, "do" generates and

RE: [farsiweb] New keyboard layout for Windows

2003-06-12 Thread Linguasoft
as deadkeys to create certain accented characters (as in case of the US International keyboard). Best regards, Peter E. Hauer Linguasoft Vienna, Austria -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roozbeh Pournader Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 2:56 PM

RE: [farsiweb] Persian input with US/European keyboard

2003-06-12 Thread Linguasoft
Title: Message Hi,When typing "o", substitution of waw with hamzah (for alef) happens after using Backspace or Ctrl-Alt and then Del, for example when clearing a line or the entire document in the test window, and then typing a word beginning with "o"."Punctuation" I referred to includes

RE: [farsiweb] New keyboard layout for Windows

2003-06-12 Thread Linguasoft
Standard shortcuts of Word for C, R, and T refers to copyright, registered, and trademark signs ... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Linguasoft Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 4:25 PM To: 'Roozbeh Pournader'; 'The FarsiWeb Mailing List

RE: [farsiweb] New keyboard layout for Windows

2003-06-12 Thread Linguasoft
These are *combining* Maddah, Hamza Above, and Hamza Below. Isn't that what I called deadkeys in another context? (Had no time to look into SC Unipad so far to see how exactly they function...) smart quotes: I see your point, but please see my point too. There are people editing bilingual

[farsiweb]Arabic script based font development

2002-10-24 Thread Linguasoft
Title: Message Salaam, I thought the following message from Microsoft VOLT Forum might be of interest for some Farsiweb members. Regards, Peter E. Hauer Linguasoft Vienna, Austria From:Lateef Sagar Shaikh(Original Message) Sent:10/23/2002 9

[farsiweb] Farsi OCR?

2002-03-12 Thread Linguasoft
Dear List Members, Salaam, We would be interested in purchasing an OCR package for Farsi (or Farsi/Arabic, Farsi/English bilingual texts). Has anyone experience with Farsi OCR and can recommend a good software? Thanks in advance, and best regards, Peter E. Hauer Linguasoft Vienna, Austria

[farsiweb] English-Farsi and Farsi-English Unicode dictionaries for Pop-Up Dictionary 4.0

2002-03-11 Thread Linguasoft
Dear List Members, Salaam, Pop-Up Dictionary 4.0, downloadable from www.popdict.com, is now Unicode-compatible and ready to support Unicoded Farsi and many other languages -- thanks to Artyom Lukanin of Ice-LC Software (www.Ice-LC.com) who created this fine piece of software. Comprehensive