On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 11:33:08 -0400 Tianran Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
> > the problem is - the evas api is DEFINED to accept utf8 as all strings. all > > strings are utf8 as far as it is concerned. it expects them in utf8 and will > > return them in utf8. so if you have anything that is not utf8 and you want > > to give it to evas - you must convert it to utf8 first, and vice-versa. > > utf8 is able to cover all unicode code-point space as as such so it is > > sufficiently good to do everything. :) > > fair enough, i guess this is why i should read the document or read the source. a lot ISNT in the documentation :( > > you need vertical do you? hmm - here in japan they are more than happy to do > > left to right any time. i thought it was the same in china and korea. so i > > have ignored top to bottom. i do know fo right to left issues and frankly > > that is my biggest problem at the moment. that involves having to address > > not just textblock, but evas's core text drawing routines as these ONLY > > draw left to right. i basically have not addressed right to left as i speak > > none of these langauges (arabic, hebrew etc.) and it is a bit more complex > > with arabic for example using composed characters (1 char composed of > > multiple unicdoe glyphs overlayed) and i actually don't know what it is > > MEANT to look like etc. especially mixed right to left and left to right > > languages - eg quote english within arabic sentences, or vice-versa. > > yeah, believe or not. most chinese now uses left-right layout, same > for korean. but i wrote a small typesetter for windows, which makes > acient chinese and mongolian script looks right. now i want to port it > to linux. nice! :) that'd be cool- well if you want, follow my textblock2 work - its in cvs. basically you will want a variant on the _layout() function that does top to bottom i think. > how stable is the textblock(2) api now? maybe i can do sth base on it. not stable at all. i'm working on it. but its best to get into it NOw while its building. there is a lot less to understand. > -- > Regards, > Tianran Chen > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 裸好多 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan (東京 日本) ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
