On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 11:44, Musab Al-Rawi wrote: > >From: "ahmad khalifa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >when u call ExtTextOut with the flag ETO_GLYPH_INDEX, the input string > >lpString, is not a > >Unicode string oran ASCII string, its an INDEX string, that means (from > >what i understand) that > >lpString is a Double-Byte string of Glyph indices relative to the current > >selected font in the given > >display context... > > > well i tried to do what's in this email ( i didn't do what you said about > converting to CP-1256 ) and when i tested Putty i got arabic letters that > are not shaped and not orders and the wrong thing was not the same letters i > should see, for example instead of having i got so i think > that there is something i am missing, another thing that i really need to > work on is the indexing thing in letters can someone forward me to a web > site that explains the UTF-8 at least so that i know what i am deal with... > thanks and have a good one
A good starting point could be http://www.arabeyes.org/resources.php But generally, the Unicode (http://www.unicode.org/) is where you will end up. Regards -- ------------------------------------------------------- | Mohammed Elzubeir | Visit us at: | | | http://www.arabeyes.org/ | | Arabeyes Project | Homepage: | | Unix the 'right' way | http://elzubeir.fakkir.net/ | ------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Developer mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/developer
