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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    [Bug 137632] Arabic typing word with symbol ï»» makes typos
From:       Scott Wheeler <wheeler () kde ! org>
Date:       2006-11-20 19:39:01
Message-ID: 20061120193901.25180.qmail () ktown ! kde ! org
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------- Additional Comments From wheeler kde org  2006-11-20 20:39 -------
Just adding some more comments here in case the X guys are peeking in don't have to do the same mental \
steps (and I don't have a FD.o bugzilla account):

Above there are three characters in use.  Arabic has ligatures possible between the three of them, but \
there's also a special unicode character for the ligature between the first two (as it is apparently the \
only non-optional ligature in Arabic).

The correct ligatures are used if the characters are entered separately and everything is left up to the \
shaper.  However, things get tricky if the key is used for the (in theory) isolated glyph and characters \
immediately follow.  The reporter is suggesting that when that character is used and followed by \
additional characters that the isolated form of the glyph not be used, which seems sane.  Whether that's \
handled by the shaper or the input code is left as an exercise to the reader.  :-)


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