Re: VIM Arabic Patch and Hindi number

[Mohammed Elzubeir <elzubeir at fakkir dot net>]

On Mon, Jan 21, 2002 at 05:22:24PM +0100, Chahine M. Hamila wrote:
> Isam Bayazidi wrote:
> 
> > Salam,
> >         Nadim, I got two suggestions and points about the VIM Arabic support that I
> > would like to share with everyone to see their feedback ..
> >         - VIM uses the Hindi digits ( Used in Arabic countries)
> 
> not all Arab countries. All countries of the Maghreb use Arabic digits.

Hindi digits should NOT be used in any Arabic localization effort. That is something
I simply fail to understand. Other Arab countries are also moving toward that
direction, and I don't know why we are not helping that. Hindi numbers should be
an OPTION, and not a default.

Then again, since it bothers me so much, I simply change it locally on my personal
copy. 

> Adding bidi is trivial if you consider fribidi. It's one function call added (plus two
> other calls for encoding conversions from and to UCS4 if your encoding is different),
> and the function is anything but hard to understand. It would take someone who already
> worked on VIM's code five to study the function and add it minutes to add it. Please
> consider fribidi. I can give a hand if needed, Nadim and I or whoever else will be
> working on VIM can cybermeet and add it.

Point me to where it should be added (insertion points) and I will do it.

later
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