Hi Hetz,
It seems that Sun will approve conributing the new bidi support in StarOffice
6.1 back to OpenOffice. This is not final but it looks possible. However, you
will probably have to provide your own TT fonts, unless you buy StarOffice, in
which case you will probably get OpenType fonts with StarOffice for Hebrew and
Arabic that support diacritics ("nikud" and "tashkeel"). You will be able to buy
the same font pack that StarOffice uses as a normal item of sale from some
vendors. A beta version of StarOffice will be available at the end of 2002. No
definite date yet. Readers of this list will be given special consideration in
the bidi beta program. That's about all we can say for now.
Regards,
- yba
Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:
> On Wednesday 21 August 2002 19:40, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 21 Aug 2002, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:
>>
>>>On Wednesday 21 August 2002 14:09, Cedar Cox wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hi all,
>>>>
>>>>What is the current generally preferred MS word replacement in
>>>>Linux (for Hebrew), if it exists?
>>>
>>>Not much of a change...
>>>
>>>You can use the partial bidi enabled open office, which, to tell the
>>>truth, the best alternative you can find. There is a small company which
>>>is working on fully enabled bidi to open office.
>>
>>This small company is called Sun. Specifically, Sun/Germany (Formly
>>StarDivision?)
>
>
> Nope. Israeli company (can't say more, their manager is subscribed here).
>
>
>>>Will we see those changes be rolled
>>>back to open office or will be seen in star office 6.1? don't know..
>>
>>This is their current plan.
>
>
> OK.
>
>
>>One small point:
>>
>>Q: Which word processors support bidi-two-columns mode?
>>
>>A: MS Word, Abiword (or am I confusing it with tables?) LyX (sort-of: use
>>'twocolumns from the interface ;-) ). Not in OpenOffice write and not in
>>Kword.
>
>
> Hetz
>
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