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Re: shaping arabic



--- Nadim Shaikli <shaikli at yahoo dot com> wrote:
> --- On 8 Oct 2003, Chris Whiting <chris at riverslime dot com> wrote:
> > Nadim,
> > 
> > Here is a link to a comparison of arabjoin (left column), shape_lin
> > (middle column), and what I am told that the line should look like
> > (right column).
> > 
> > http://www.riverslime.com/titlefactory/arabic_compare.htm
> > 
> > To me arabjoin looks to be right on the mark.
> 
> Looks right to me.  In passing I believe you were _not_ running the
> shape_arabic.pl script (and fribidi) correctly.  I have the feeling
> you were running fribidi before the shaping script (it needs to be
> the other way around).  I'm attaching a screenshot and the short
> sample file used (note the command-lines used within the shot).

Oops, forgot to do the attachments.  Sorry - here it is.

 - Nadim

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