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Subject: Re: The future of Sonnet
From: Thiago Macieira <thiago () kde ! org>
Date: 2007-01-02 18:40:31
Message-ID: 200701021640.31392.thiago () kde ! org
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Simon Hausmann wrote:
>> QChar doesn't include an ability to query which block (usually this
>> means script type) a character belongs to. It also doesn't allow you
>> to query some other the other data included in the technical reports
>> or annexes, including tr29 which is used for the text breaks class.
>> This data includes a bunch of special categorization that only is
>> relevant, if used in the context of text breaking code. This is
>> especially important for handling the more exotic orthographies of the
>> world. I'd also like to be able to allow users or language specific
>> distros to change the mappings, although this may be unnecessary
>> and/or foolish.
>
>We actually consider exposing a bit more public unicode API in Qt 4.3.
> Some of it is already visible, like title casing and basic surrogate
> helpers.
And, as always, if you need something that is in the tables already but
not visible, ask. Maybe TT will consider exposing the API.
What isn't there (and I bet there's a lot), including it in the Sonnet
libraries will do.
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Thiago Macieira - thiago (AT) macieira.info - thiago (AT) kde.org
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