Re: BiCon [keymaps and numerals]

[arn at scs-net dot org]

Hello,
to be precise Arabic numeral are the one used in European country (got them 
from the arabs), and Hindi are the one used (and really used) in Middle East 
country. I can be sure at least for Syria and Lebanon where I'm living.

My question is another : if I use Hindi numerals with their UNICODE values, 
will they be considered as numeric by the applications ? 

Armelle Nedelec 
(French working in Syria and Lebanon... and someday I'll be good in arabic)


Quoting Behdad Esfahbod <behdad at cs dot toronto dot edu>:

> 
> Wait Wati.  Please first tell me what do you mean by Arabic
> numerals and what by Hindi numerals??   The names are really
> confusing.  Better you tell me in Unicode values:  U+0030..U+0039
> is the European digits, and U+0660..U+0669 is the set written in
> Arabic script.  Now what you call which?
> 
> Moreover, with keymaps, it's not that hard.  It would be nice if
> you start the initiative to check with all countris through
> people living there.  Finally, either we use the symlink trick,
> or the inclusion.  You can include other files in your keymap, so
> this way you can simply put the basic Arabic layout in a file,
> Arabic digits in another file, ... and simply include pieces they
> like for each country...
> 
> ...Or we can go for a release without that too.  [I have not yet
> fixed that bug I said, but I will do ASAP]
> 
> behdad
> 
> 
> On Tue, 30 Mar 2004, Mohammed Elzubeir wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 2004-03-30 at 09:53, Anmar Oueja wrote:
> > > Hello Mohammed:
> > >
> > > Last time I checked, almost all Arabic countries use the Arabic numerals
> > > and NOT the Hindi numerals any more. There is a push for Arabic numerals
> > > in most publications and schools. All I am saying is that we should
> > > double check the official authority per country prior to deciding
> >
> > Umm.. I'm not sure where you live.. oh wait, Canada ;) You are wrong,
> > most Arab countries do use the Hindi numerals. All of them with the
> > exception of Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and (Mauritania? not sure about
> > that one). The rest use Hindi numerals.
> >
> > I am (and my record attests to that) very much against Hindi numerals,
> > but a fact is a fact. The issue here is not what is most popular, it is
> > what differences exist between Arab countries to create the proper
> > keymap.. and in that case, the only difference is the numerals.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Mohammed Elzubeir
> 
> --behdad
>   behdad.org
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