--- Paul Rohr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Even without using the Bidi build, I'd say the > results are quite promising. > Some preliminary conclusions: > > 1. Content in over 20 languages Just Works. Those > languages have ispell > dictionaries, and given a good enough font (in this > case, the Times New > Roman that ships with NT 4.0) they render cleanly. > > 2. Content in another 8 languages also renders > cleanly. It might be worth > doing some evangelizing to recruit folks to create > ispell dictionaries for > those languages so they Just Work too. > > 3. I was unable to test another 7 languages that do > have ispell > dictionaries, because I couldn't find a UTF-8 > translation of the Unicode > motto. However, given the encoding limitations of > ispell, I'd be willing to > bet that most of them Just Work too.
I just posted a few messages to Usenet asking for translations so maybe we'll get some more (: Andrew Dunbar. > 4. Likewise, I was unable to test another 2 > languages that we currently > have translators for -- Indonesian (id-ID) and Welsh > (cy-GB). Neither > appeared on other Unicode test pages. > > bottom line > ----------- > If you're keeping track at home, that's a total of > approximately 35 (!!) > languages that already work, out of the box, on our > stock build. > > I'm incredibly thrilled about this, because it means > that the primary > remaining obstacles for users of those languages > are: > > - finishing the UI (and help) localizations, > - finding or creating suitable fonts, > - finding or creating suitable dictionaries, > - mastering the input mechanisms for that > language, and > - confirming that printing works. > > Note that three of these are "data issues". The > main coding obstacles would > be any remaining glitches in the I/O stuff (typing > and printing) ... and > that's what Bugzilla is for! > > Kudos to all the i18n coders -- Henrik, Vlad, HJ, > Tomas, Yaacov, Andrew, et > al -- whose excellent work to date is now paying > off! > > Paul > > PS: Remember, I made zero effort to: > > - locate other fonts, or > - try the BiDi build, > > so our "real" levels of support are probably even > higher. Anyone interested > in extending the Win32 test? If so, please update > the document > accordingly. ===== http://linguaphile.sourceforge.net http://www.abisource.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com
