Hi, Le lun 30/09/2002 � 16:41, Thomas Chan a �crit : > On Mon, 30 Sep 2002, Pablo Saratxaga wrote: > > > On Sun, Sep 29, 2002 at 08:01:43PM -0400, Thomas Chan wrote: > > > There are a few scripts that are top-to-bottom, with no real and normal > > > alternative, such as the classical Mongolian script (top-to-bottom, > > > > Mongolian script exists also in horizontal, left to right variant. > > (it is a quite new invention, yes). > > It is horizontal, top-to-bottom, or horizontal, bottom-to-top? I've heard > of horizontal, bottom-to-top for limited embedding in Latin script text. > > Is a it a new invention adopted for independent reasons, or a concession > to use the script on Latin(script)-based technology? > > > > > In the case of CJK and basic display, 18x18 is extravagant--16x16 is > > > sufficient for daily purposes, > > > > Remember that it will be implemented on framebuffer console, that is, > > with a much higher resolution than plain old VGA. > > Maybe it would even be possible to implement use of OpenType fonts. > > Wasn't the concern about the size of a font that would have to be fit > into the kernel (if that is still an issue)?
thinking more and more about the console, there is something I don' understand. How will the console know when it has to write up to down, right to left . I can understand with only one langage, so it's possible to choose the right one, but, imaging a top down writing (Mongolien), how will the os (linux) write the answers (the prompt, the output of a find research). And what to do with a text which contains 2 differents langages, like english and Mongolian . How could any text processing program deal with such a text. How could it know when to switch between the Two writing directions, and how ( end of line) etc. And what to do with a really mixed text ?? Eric! ----- *********[EMAIL PROTECTED]******** -- Linux-UTF8: i18n of Linux on all levels Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-utf8/
