On 12/30/2010 04:30 PM, scribus-request at lists.scribus.info wrote: > Message: 5 Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 15:07:06 +0100 From: Peter Linnell > <plinnell at scribus.info> Subject: Re: [scribus] scribus Digest, Vol 33, > Issue 107 To: scribus at lists.scribus.info Message-ID: > <4D1C920A.4000909 at scribus.info> Content-Type: text/plain; > charset=ISO-8859-1 On 12/29/2010 10:42 PM, a.l.e wrote: >> > hi >> > >>>> >>> no arabic support yet... >>>> >>> >>>> >>> you may expect it at some time next year (2011, that is...). >>>> >>> >>>> >>> ciao >>>> >>> a.l.e >>> >> it has been promised that Arabic support will be available since 2004, >>> >> as seen from the bugs reported :( >> > >> > arabic support is mostly implemented in the experimental oif-branch. >> > >> > you can download it, compile it and try it! >> > >> > let's just hope that it gets merged with the trunk before it gets out of >> > sync with it! >> > >> > ciao >> > a.l.e > Hi, > > Arabic support is making significant progress. We can already display > Arabic correctly using a shaper. I have verified with two colleagues at > work that it is visually correct. > > Right now the issue is not display or editing, but exporting, which is > another bit of work. > > So, it is pre-alpha, but definitely progressing. > > As for merging, changes from trunk are being merged in regularly by Jean > Ghali, so there will be no problems down the road. > > HTH, > Peter
Hello Peter, That's great news :D is there any way I can help in the process, maybe in translation for example ? Plus how can I get this pre-alpha release ? maybe i can help in the testing ?! thanks & good luck in the work Happy New Year
