I can get the characters I need from the fonts I have, no problem (usually - there have been glitches). What I was saying is this:
When I change input language, I change it using the keyboard/language selector on the windows taskbar. In the post I was responding to, it was suggested that the language selector button (or whatever it's called) at the bottom of the writer window could be used to change input language. However, when I try to use that button, it doesn't present the range of choices that I have from the Windows taskbar. From the Windows taskbar language icon, I can choose from Russian, Greek (polytonic) or English. From the adjacent keyboard icon (with English language selected) I can choose from United Kingdom, Akkadian United Kingdom Extended or United Kingdom Extended - Latin. From the language button at the bottom of the Writer window, the only choice I have is between English (UK) and English (USA). I don't know if it should offer me the same languages as the windows taskbar, or if its purpose is more limited. /Gary From: toki kantoor <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, 17 April 2015, 2:38 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Font versus Character Substitution On April 16, 2015 4:44:11 AM PDT, Gary Collins wote: >transcriptions from ancient language scripts. If those languages are not listed in >Settings >Fonts >CTL, or >Settings >Fonts >Western, as appropriate, LibO will not handle them correctly. It will randomly substitute your correct glyph from your correct font, with some strange glyph from who knows where. (It even does that when writing medieval English using thorn, and The other obsolete letters of the English alphabet.) I think Ancient CJKV work fine, provided you have the appropriate font, _and_ the glyphs are in the Unicode Base Plane. (I don't remember if LibO supports non base plane glyphs.) (I don't remember if the mu wang manuscript I was reading in LibO used images, or a font.) I'd suggest filing an rfe for all ancient languages you use, if there is an ISO code for them, and also if they aren't yet supported in settings.. You'll need complete locale data for each language. I'm assuming that there is an ISO-360 code for the language. jonathon -- Multilingual ODF Office Suite Support. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
