Re: Quran data (translations)

[Mohammed Yousif <mhdyousif at gmx dot net>]

On Sunday 25 May 2003 01:48, Ahmed El Helw wrote:
> salam alaikum --
> i think a much more important issue is the accuracy of the
> arabic text itself -- when half of several ayats are missing,
> this is a BIG issue and a BIG problem.  how can people use any
> software powered by this library if the arabic xml files
> themselves are incomplete?  i posted many various posts about
> different ayahs that were incomplete and have not gotten any
> replies nor has anyone made an attempt to fix them.  the
> presence of complete arabic text can help in other things - for
> example, if we have correct arabic text, writing a program that
> 'syntax highlights' things based on tajweed is quite possible
> and would be beautiful if done -- and is easy, but how can it be
> done when the arabic itself has incompleteness in it?
> walsalam alaikum,

 You are right, but the first priority now is to first create a font
 that can actually display the text, then the text will be updated
 not only correcting errors but also adding all necessary quranic
 symbols.
-- 
Mohammed Yousif
"Ich liebe ihr, weil ohne sie kann ich nicht bin!"
We _will_ restore OUR Jerusalem.