Re: U+3000 limit

[Mohammed Elzubeir <elzubeir at fakkir dot net>]

[NOTE: I would appreciate it any replies are CC'd to our developer
       list, 'developer at arabeyes dot org' so our developers are
       aware of this discussion]

Brian Stell:
> I'm an i18n engineer at Netscape and its my strong impression
> that the XFree86 folks do want to support i18n.
>
> I know it is frustrating that i18n can be so difficult in
> the X world. Middle eastern support and CTL seem to me to 
> have been underserved. The great thing about the open source
> community is that people who see a need can help fix it 
> (hint-hint).

  I/we all appreciate the tremendous efforts of the XFree86 people, and I
apologize if I have struck a nerve ;) I was simply pointing out that when it 
came to choosing between making the full font available to saving memory
space and protocol overload, the latter won over.
 
  It is our intention to help within our capacity. Obviously our expertise in
the area is not enough without your help (and that you are providing!). We are
(Arabeyes) are willing to help in any way we can.
  

Juliusz Chroboczek:

> I still think that there is no point in working with core fonts any
> more.  Core fonts are obsolescent in my opinion, and the OP really
> should think about using Xft.  (Keith, how's Xft's support for bitmap
> fonts?  Is Francesco Zappa's work on BDF support in FreeType complete
> enough?)

Okay. Now my question is, is it safe to assume that every application will NOT
use the core fonts and only use Xft? If not, then it is still an issue. Our
main concern is that any out-of-the-box install of XFree86 should be able to
fully support Arabic fonts. 


Pablo Saratxaga:

> I wonder, could it be possible to use a fontset solution, with a font
> covering the range of ascii (and maybe also greek, cyrillic, etc);
> and then another font covering the range 0xFB00-0xFEFF ? Then having
> XFree86 handle that transparently.
>
> As CJK support with stock fonts is possible using fontsets, the mechanisms
> to do it should be in place already, I suppose.
>
> Maybe, that would be a possible solution ?


If that is the easiest solution, then yes ;) 


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Actually now I am kind of confused with some of the responses. Some of them
'seem' contradictory. My original question still stands, what is the 'easiest'
way to resolve this -- and whatever it is, what can _we_ do to help. 


Thank you.
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