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Saeed
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 Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 8:48 am Post subject: Arabic text does not join properly |
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Hi,
I have installed the latest version NeoOffice and the Arabic language candidate release,
I have followed all the instructions on configuring and setting the language. However the test still does not follow the CTL rules (joining the letters together). Can any one help? |
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pluby
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| Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 10:24 am Post subject: |
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If the Arabic glyphs do not join, you are probably using a non-Mac font. When I use any of the Arabic fonts that are bundled with Mac OS X, all Arabic glyphs join.
Check out this post:
http://trinity.neooffice.org/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=811&start=35
It explains some of the problems that you are likely to find when using Windows or OpenType Arabic fonts. |
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sardisson
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| Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 5:09 pm Post subject: |
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I noticed one issue last night with glyphs not joining in dialogue boxes (I have a file named ملف.sxw), but it was late and I didn't have time to check further (the glyphs within the file, the هذا stuff in the one screenshot, were joined, though). I'll do that today after I get "Patch-6."
Saeed, make sure you have also installed the latest patch; there were some issues with RTL text not working correctly early in the Release Candidate cycle (in addition to using a standard Mac Arabic font like Geeza Pro as Patrick mentioned).
Smokey
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pluby
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| Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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| sardisson wrote: | | I noticed one issue last night with glyphs not joining in dialogue boxes (I have a file named ملف.sxw), but it was late and I didn't have time to check further (the glyphs within the file, the هذا stuff in the one screenshot, were joined, though). I'll do that today after I get "Patch-6." |
I think I know what is happening. This is probably a side affect of my fix for bug 751 (hyphenation and ligature problems).
Can someone attach a sample document to bug 807 so that I can debug this further? Note: if your document requires a custom Arabic font, attach the font or provide a URL where I can get the font.
Patrick |
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sardisson
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| Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 6:49 pm Post subject: |
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Done. But not before I filed bug 809 (I guess it's a dupe?) since I was busy downloading Patch-6 and testing but not reading trinity 
Smokey
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pluby
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FYI. I have posted a test patch that I think fixes this bug. Please download and try out the test patch listed in the comments to bug 807 (http://bugzilla.neooffice.org/bug.php?op=show&bugid=807&pos=1) and add any comments to that bug if there are still problems with the test patch.
Patrick |
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