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>>>>> naveen khajuria writes:
naveen> Hi All
naveen> I wish to write an X Windows program in C to
naveen> create a window and write some text on the window.
naveen> The problem is that I am unable to grasp how to
naveen> render hindi text on an X Window using a X window
naveen> system APIs in C.
I assumed you're using Xlib .
naveen> I could also use Gtk to do the job but the problem is
naveen> the same, I dont know how to use hindi font in GTK also.
naveen> Any pointers, cues, clues, webhints, code snippets are welcome..
You probably have to use Xft[1] + m17n[2] or pango[3]. Check out
hello-x-world.c[4], this renders a devanagari text using Xft using
'Lohit Hindi' font, although it doesn't do anything specific to Indic
script. Also check out the paper titled "Introduction to i18n"[5].
I also tried using X server's built-in font, in
'DrawHelloWorldStringXLFD' routine, but unsuccessful. I tried using
fontsets also, but that also didn't worked.
naveen> looking for some answers...
naveen> I am using FC 6 and have hindi fonts installed on the system,
naveen> I just dont know how to render them on a X/Gtk window using
naveen> a C program.
Upgrade to some recent distro, there might be some improvements in
rendering.
References:
[1] - http://keithp.com/~keithp/talks/xtc2001/paper/
[2] - http://www.m17n.org/m17n-lib-en/
[3] - http://www.pango.org/
[4] - http://wahjava.googlepages.com/hello-x-world.c
[5] - http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/intro-i18n/intro-i18n.txt
HTH
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Ashish Shukla आशीष शुक्ल http://wahjava.wordpress.com/
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