On 3/29/06, Gora Mohanty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- Carthik Sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] > > I tried the same on Firefox 1.0.7 at home, on breezy, with firefox > > from the Ubuntu repository, and am yet to find uniformity or > > consistency in the Rosetta translations that exist. > > Well, even that Firefox is probably not Indic-enabled.
Probably not is not a definite answer. I mentioned trying that since I was suggested to try that particular version. > > > It seems to depend on the font (usually some ttf font) that was used > > by the translator. > [...] > > This cannot be the case with proper Unicode (UTF-8) encoding. What > you are seeing is probably different bugs with Indic rendering in > different versions of the browser. These differences were on the same version of the browser. If you have used Rosetta, you will know that below every line of English text-to-be-translated, there are 0 or more lines of text in the target language, from which you can make a choice. At least in one case, the text in malayalam on each alternative line was different. On dapper, with the regular firefox, this is what I see: http://flickr.com/photos/carthik/120151914/ Please read the notes on the photo. >Do the following: (a) get a proper > Indic-enabled browser. Searching Google turns up this site: > http://hpnadig.net/topics/tools-and-software/firefox. Will do this the soonest I can. Thanks for pointing that out to me. >Else, upgrade > to Dapper. You can check that the browser is working properly by > visiting, e.g., the BBC Hindi site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/hindi/. This webpage works fine here on Dapper, with the stock Firefox. Do you have a reference site (to check my browser) for Malayalam that I can use? Is http://acharya.iitm.ac.in/demos/unicode_testview.html a good one to use? It says it is an Unicode test viewer. The above screenshot was generated using this page's output. > (b) make sure you have a proper Malayalam font. See > http://indlinux.org/wiki/index.php/IndicFontsList#Malayalam. Just > playing around with defoma will not help. I have the malayalam language fonts installed. In fact, I have been trying with around 15 fonts installed, in addition to those installed by the Ubuntu language pack. I wasn't playing around, Gora, was trying to help. A little difference in attitude can make a big difference in results. Have a nice day, Carthik. -- Ph.D. Candidate University of Central Florida Homepage: http://carthik.net
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