Re: Input and display of Indic script

From: Tomas Frydrych <tomasfrydrych_at_yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon Apr 04 2005 - 11:52:05 CEST

sum1_lists@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> kabita@iitg.ernet.in wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> The "Set Language" option has Assamese
>> language as an option.
>> But I am not aware if any work has been done
>> for Assamese language.
>> I am interested in enabling Assamese
>> input and display
>> on Abiword on Windows platform.
>> Please guide
>> me to the things that I need to do.
>> Looking foward to your reply.
>
>
> I don't think Indic scripts are handled very well at all by AbiWord. I
> guess you could go ahead and try to see if it works, but if it doesn't,
> chances are that it's not something you're doing wrong. The main problem
> is the fact that no one familiar with Indic scripting has offered to
> help improve the existing 'support'. If you know someone who'd be
> interested, they'd be welcome to submit patches or speak to the
> developers who are more knowledgeable about international support (or
> submit specific bug reports about any problems encountered).
>

On Windows, the level of support for Indic languages should be pretty
much that which is provided by the system; so if you use WinXP it should
work. If it does not, please file specific bugs, and I will look into
fixing them.

Tomas
Received on Mon Apr 4 11:55:08 2005

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