Re: Looking for a shaping library..

[Nadim Shaikli <shaikli at yahoo dot com>]

--- shadi freesoft jo wrote:
> Currently we are working on a WINE version that supports arabic. We
> are left with introducing shaping and hence i have been looking for
> a good shaping library which does the job, however it was very hard
> to find one. Therefore, Kefah suggested i contact you directly since
> you are the member at arabeyes.org responsible for this, so kindly
> let me know if you are aware of any.

Shadi, I don't think there is a stand-alone "shaping" (or joining)
library out there.  I know that fribidi (fribidi.sf.net) will at
some point (soon I hope :-) do that along with Bidi which will be
great.  A number of implementation abound though (Pango, vim, etc)
which you can peer into.  We also have a some perl code that might
be of assistance,

  http://cvs.arabeyes.org/cvsweb/tools/shape_bidi/

Hope that helps.

PS: this email is also being sent to 'developer' in order to reach
    a wider audience (for possibly more help).

Salam.

 - Nadim


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