Hello, to be precise Arabic numeral are the one used in European country (got them from the arabs), and Hindi are the one used (and really used) in Middle East country. I can be sure at least for Syria and Lebanon where I'm living.
My question is another : if I use Hindi numerals with their UNICODE values, will they be considered as numeric by the applications ? Armelle Nedelec (French working in Syria and Lebanon... and someday I'll be good in arabic) Quoting Behdad Esfahbod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Wait Wati. Please first tell me what do you mean by Arabic > numerals and what by Hindi numerals?? The names are really > confusing. Better you tell me in Unicode values: U+0030..U+0039 > is the European digits, and U+0660..U+0669 is the set written in > Arabic script. Now what you call which? > > Moreover, with keymaps, it's not that hard. It would be nice if > you start the initiative to check with all countris through > people living there. Finally, either we use the symlink trick, > or the inclusion. You can include other files in your keymap, so > this way you can simply put the basic Arabic layout in a file, > Arabic digits in another file, ... and simply include pieces they > like for each country... > > ...Or we can go for a release without that too. [I have not yet > fixed that bug I said, but I will do ASAP] > > behdad > > > On Tue, 30 Mar 2004, Mohammed Elzubeir wrote: > > > On Tue, 2004-03-30 at 09:53, Anmar Oueja wrote: > > > Hello Mohammed: > > > > > > Last time I checked, almost all Arabic countries use the Arabic numerals > > > and NOT the Hindi numerals any more. There is a push for Arabic numerals > > > in most publications and schools. All I am saying is that we should > > > double check the official authority per country prior to deciding > > > > Umm.. I'm not sure where you live.. oh wait, Canada ;) You are wrong, > > most Arab countries do use the Hindi numerals. All of them with the > > exception of Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and (Mauritania? not sure about > > that one). The rest use Hindi numerals. > > > > I am (and my record attests to that) very much against Hindi numerals, > > but a fact is a fact. The issue here is not what is most popular, it is > > what differences exist between Arab countries to create the proper > > keymap.. and in that case, the only difference is the numerals. > > > > Regards, > > Mohammed Elzubeir > > --behdad > behdad.org > _______________________________________________ > Developer mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/developer > _______________________________________________ Developer mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/developer
