[libreoffice-users] RE: A toolbar option that makes it easier to type using unicode

2016-07-07 Thread CVAlkan
Hi Jonathon: I agree with almost everything you say, but am not sure about "More languages use the Latin Writing System, than any other writing system. By that criteria, it is normal." First, I wasn't really intending to use the word "normal" in that context; it was more intended to reflect "the a

Re: [libreoffice-users] RE: A toolbar option that makes it easier to type using unicode

2016-07-07 Thread toki
On 04/07/2016 13:45, CVAlkan wrote: > years back), limits the user to ONE additional "complex text language" and Technically, that is one CTL per style. IMNSHO, what should be done, is to eliminate the CTL, CJKV, Western Script differentiation, in favour of one language and one writing system pe

[libreoffice-users] RE: A toolbar option that makes it easier to type using unicode

2016-07-04 Thread CVAlkan
Stuart: Thanks for the thoughts. You state: "A number of suggested enhancements to the Special Character dialog have already been implemented." I looked at the references you provided, and find them rather well thought out from a UI perspective, and look forward to seeing them. As of Version: 5.2

[libreoffice-users] RE: A toolbar option that makes it easier to type using unicode

2016-07-04 Thread V Stuart Foote
Frank, * CVAlkan wrote > I, for one, am totally opposed to any perpetuation of this absurd > distinction between "typing" and "unicode" as it only perpetuates the > silly idea that somehow western character sets are "normal" and other > scripts are "complex text". Are Arabic, Japanese, Hebrew, Hi

[libreoffice-users] RE: A toolbar option that makes it easier to type using unicode

2016-07-04 Thread CVAlkan
I, for one, am totally opposed to any perpetuation of this absurd distinction between "typing" and "unicode" as it only perpetuates the silly idea that somehow western character sets are "normal" and other scripts are "complex text". Are Arabic, Japanese, Hebrew, Hindi, Korean, Laotian and Thai-spe

[libreoffice-users] RE: A toolbar option that makes it easier to type using unicode

2016-06-30 Thread Samiur Rahman
>and have the ability to select from multiple unicode fonts that support a certain range. This would be a useful tool. My idea is mostly about that. I envision allowing a "type mode" (what we now type with, using typefaces) and "unicode mode" (the new idea) in all LibreOffice applications. --