On Monday, August 12, 2013 10:23:35 PM UTC+5:30, Tony Mechelynck wrote: > On 12/08/13 13:09, Arnab Bhattacharya wrote: > > > On Sunday, August 11, 2013 12:48:39 AM UTC+5:30, Tony Mechelynck wrote: > > >> On 08/10/13 21:06, Tony Mechelynck wrote: > > >> > > >>> On 08/10/13 19:15, Arnab Bhattacharya wrote: > > >> > > >>>> I guess the support for Indian languages is still very shaky. > > >> > > >>>> Has there been any recent improvements in rendering the fonts correctly? > > >> > > >>>> > > >> > > >>> AFAIK, Vim has no real support for Brahmic scripts (devanagari, > > >> > > >>> gujarati, bengali, et al.). No change is expected at any predictable > > >> > > >>> future time, until or unless some user interested in such scripts > > >> > > >>> decides to take it upon him- or herself to add the necessary C > > >> > > >>> module(s), the way Nadim Shaikli added Arabic support a few years ago. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> P.S. If you think you have the necessary expertise, then go ahead: the > > >> > > >> Vim source is available to anyone. If you can't do it yourself but know > > >> > > >> someone who can, try to convince them to do it. In other cases, — well, > > >> > > >> you're just as badly put as anyone else in the list interested in > > >> > > >> Brahmic scripts and Indian languages (other than urdu). > > >> > > >>> > > >> > > >>> Best regards, > > >> > > >>> Tony. > > >> > > >> -- > > >> > > >> It [being a Vulcan] means to adopt a philosophy, a way of life which is > > >> > > >> logical and beneficial. We cannot disregard that philosophy merely for > > >> > > >> personal gain, no matter how important that gain might be. > > >> > > >> -- Spock, "Journey to Babel", stardate 3842.4 > > > > > > > > > I see. > > > Still, it is sad to see that while even editors such as gedit supports it, > > vim cannot. > > > This will probably force many users like me to move out of the habit of > > using vim for everything. > > > Arnab > > > > > Have you tried running Vim in an mlterm terminal? That terminal supports > > full-bidi Unicode display (as when mixing, on the same line, > > square-letter Hebrew script with Latin script, or Arabic RTL text with > > Arabic LTR digits), and Vim knows it. It might (or might not, I haven't > > tested) be of some help for Brahmic scripts. Beware though, that weird > > things may happen as you move the cursor around adding or removing text, > > on account of the way those scripts' letters combine with each other. > > > > The philosophy of open source, however — unlike that of closed systems > > such as Windows — is not to stand looking at the heavens with an open > > mouth, waiting for cooked larks to fall straight into it. In *x, if > > something is missing, you code it (or find someone who does) and give it > > back to the community. You may suggest it (as you have, and rest assured > > that you aren't the first to do it) but you certainly don't whine about > > it even if you /can't/ code it yourself. gedit happens to be open source > > too. You (or someone) may want to look into its source, see how it > > handles nagari, bengali, etc., and try to use that as a source of > > inspiration for coding those scripts into Vim? (Beware of licensing > > restrictions though: gedit is probably on a GPL license and I'm not sure > > you may plagiarize its code into Vim.) > > > > I'm curious though: are there good monospace fonts for that family of > > scripts? > > > > > > Best regards, > > Tony. > > -- > > It's there as a sop to former Ada programmers. :-) > > -- Larry Wall regarding 10_000_000 in > <[email protected]>
The point was certainly not to whine, but to point out at other open-source tools that support the same. As a user, one may be unaware of the complexities required for a task. Nevertheless, I get your point completely. I will see what can be done about it. Arnab -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
