Re: Arabic Implementation

2004-08-18 Thread Chris Jacobs
> If I don¡¦t use the Unicode values of Arabic presentation form B then how > will my display know which particular glyph to display? using the Unicode > values of presentation form B makes this easier but then the original > Unicode changes. > > I am sorry but I am a bit confused with what to disp

Re: Arabic Implementation

2004-08-18 Thread Doug Ewell
wrote: > As has been mentioned previously on this list (and I would like to see > it added to http://www.unicode.org/faq/middleeast.html): > > This is not a reliable technique because not all Arabic characters > have a complete set of presentation forms encoded in Unicode. Ernst > Tremel mentione

Re: Arabic Implementation

2004-08-18 Thread Kent Karlsson
> After a character changes the display form into one mentioned > in Arabic > Presentation Form B does it still belong to a joining type. Nope. All the Arabic presentation forms implicitly have the joining type U (non-joining) [and the joining metagroup ]. > For example: Lets say Unicode Characte

Re: Arabic Implementation

2004-08-18 Thread Bob_Hallissy
On 18/08/2004 07:57:32 "Doug Ewell" wrote: >Your display looks at the joining >type of the character and its neighbors, and chooses a glyph on that >basis. Not a character, a glyph. Internally, you can actually use the >Unicode value of the presentation form as a way to index the glyph, As has

Re: Arabic Implementation

2004-08-18 Thread Doug Ewell
Nitin Kapoor wrote: > Currently, the implementation I am following is that once the user > types in a particular key say: 0x0622 , I look for the joining type > of the character and then on the basis of the joining type of the > character and its neighbors I look up the Display form of the > cu

Re: Arabic Implementation

2004-08-17 Thread Nitin Kapoor
would be really help full. Thanks & Regards, Nitin From: "Chris Jacobs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Nitin Kapoor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Arabic Implementation Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 04:44:09 +0200 - Original Message - F

Re: Arabic Implementation

2004-08-17 Thread Nitin Kapoor
would be really help full. Thanks & Regards, Nitin From: "Chris Jacobs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Nitin Kapoor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Arabic Implementation Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 04:44:09 +0200 - Original Message - F

Re: Arabic Implementation

2004-08-17 Thread Chris Jacobs
- Original Message - From: "Nitin Kapoor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 3:38 AM Subject: Arabic Implementation > Hello Friends, > > I am implementing ARABIC in one of our embedde

Arabic Implementation

2004-08-17 Thread Nitin Kapoor
Hello Friends, I am implementing ARABIC in one of our embedded projects .I have read the Unicode standard well and would like to ask a question about joining types. After a character changes the display form into one mentioned in Arabic Presentation Form B does it still belong to a joining type.