*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1371588 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1371588
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1371588
53.1 is out and contains many bug fixes and new syntax
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1393060
Title:
ICU 53.1 or Greater Update for Lao Word and Line Breaking
Status in “icu” package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
Lao line and word break support is needed to properly render Lao text
on various applications, as Lao typically doesn't uses spaces between
words, but rather mostly uses spaces like punctuation, a way to split
phrases.
An example of this is at
http://laosabbathschool.com/development/ssd/site/blog/comprehensive-
zwsp-test/
This text contains no zero-width-spaces, which are commonly used as a
workaround.
If you visit that page with the latest Google Chrome, an iPhone 8.1,
or Android 5.0 device, it'll probably look fine. The the current
version of LibreOffice also handles the text very well, if copied and
pasted into a document, and even includes word counts (may require
setting the CTL to Lao). But with other software (kate for instance),
you'll see that the lines are not equally distributed, and sometimes
requires horizontal scrolling. This creates problems with various
applications, such as text editors, email programs, and anything that
renders text on multiple lines.
Copy and paste the example text to various applications, and you will
see how they handle it. If those applications relied on the system's
version of ICU, an update to ICU 53.1 or greater should take care of
that problem. If they embed their own, then it may or may not work,
depending on what version they included. But at least the update
should help several programs support Lao text.
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