Re: Tajik alphabet code

2004-03-01 Thread Peter Kirk
On 01/03/2004 00:18, Asomiddin Atoev wrote: Dear Sir/Madam, I am emailing on behalf of the Tajikistani state working group on localizing software for Tajik language. Could you please kindly guide us to be in right direction. What shall be the procedure of standartization of alphabet symbols?

Re: Tajik alphabet code

2004-03-01 Thread Alexander Savenkov
Hello Aso, 2004-03-01T11:18:34+03:00 Asomiddin Atoev [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am emailing on behalf of the Tajikistani state working group on localizing software for Tajik language. Could you please kindly guide us to be in right direction. What shall be the procedure of standartization

Re: Tajik alphabet code

2004-03-01 Thread Philippe Verdy
On 01/03/2004 00:18, Asomiddin Atoev wrote: I am emailing on behalf of the Tajikistani state working group on localizing software for Tajik language. Could you please kindly guide us to be in right direction. What shall be the procedure of standartization of alphabet symbols? Tajik alphabet

Re: Tajik alphabet code

2004-03-01 Thread Philippe Verdy
From: Peter Kirk [EMAIL PROTECTED] I understand that there have been previous attempts to define a new or extended Cyrillic 8-but character set supporting Central Asian languages, but that such proposals have been rejected. I hardly think that Aso would have turned to the Unicode list if he

Re: Tajik alphabet code

2004-03-01 Thread Peter Kirk
On 01/03/2004 13:19, Philippe Verdy wrote: From: Peter Kirk [EMAIL PROTECTED] I understand that there have been previous attempts to define a new or extended Cyrillic 8-but character set supporting Central Asian languages, but that such proposals have been rejected. I hardly think that Aso

Re: Tajik alphabet code

2004-03-01 Thread Peter Kirk
On 01/03/2004 12:30, Philippe Verdy wrote: On 01/03/2004 00:18, Asomiddin Atoev wrote: I am emailing on behalf of the Tajikistani state working group on localizing software for Tajik language. Could you please kindly guide us to be in right direction. What shall be the procedure of

Re: Tajik alphabet code

2004-03-01 Thread Peter Kirk
On 01/03/2004 14:24, Philippe Verdy wrote: From: Peter Kirk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aha, here's my way to get the characters I want into Unicode although they have been rejected! I find some near-bankrupt island state and persuade (with a little financial lubrication) its government to set up an

Re: Tajik alphabet code

2004-03-01 Thread Philippe Verdy
From: Peter Kirk [EMAIL PROTECTED] The cost of software is unlikely to be a serious issue. I haven't been to Tajikistan, but in many countries in that region almost any software is available for the cost of copying a CD. As a result Windows XP and Office XP (probably now 2003) are in general

Re: Tajik alphabet code

2004-03-01 Thread Peter Kirk
On 01/03/2004 14:57, Philippe Verdy wrote: From: Peter Kirk [EMAIL PROTECTED] The cost of software is unlikely to be a serious issue. I haven't been to Tajikistan, but in many countries in that region almost any software is available for the cost of copying a CD. As a result Windows XP and

Re: Tajik alphabet code

2004-03-01 Thread John Jenkins
On Mar 1, 2004, at 3:57 PM, Philippe Verdy wrote: There are LOTS of legacy software (not necessarily standard OS or office software, but also private softwares used in administrations, banks, and various private organizations, etc...) which are needed today and will need to continue to work

Re: Tajik alphabet code

2004-03-01 Thread Philippe Verdy
From: Peter Kirk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Windows 2000/XP and Office need no adaptation, just fonts and keyboards. Well, the menus do need localisation, and obviously that is a significant issue (although I guess most Tajiks know or can easily learn the Russian for File, View, Help etc). Issues of

Re: Tajik alphabet code

2004-03-01 Thread Chris Jacobs
There are LOTS of legacy software (not necessarily standard OS or office software, but also private softwares used in administrations, banks, and various private organizations, etc...) which are needed today and will need to continue to work for many years as there's not a lot money to adapt

RE: Tajik alphabet code

2004-03-01 Thread Peter Constable
There sure is a lot of blather going back and forth base on *guesses* at what was being asked. And the more the thread continues, I think the further it is probably moving away from helping the person that asked the original question. PK and PV, before responding to one another any further,

RE: Tajik alphabet code

2004-03-01 Thread Peter Constable
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 12:19 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Tajik alphabet code Dear Sir/Madam, I am emailing on behalf of the Tajikistani state working group on localizing software for Tajik language. Could you please kindly guide us to be in right direction. What shall