Typing arabic and latin chars on the same card

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Typing arabic and latin chars on the same card

Post by jmburnod » Sat May 23, 2009 8:41 am

Hi All,

What is the best way for typing arabic chars in a fld and latin chars in an other fld of the same card

I dream a propertie "CharsPaletteAndKeybord" for a script like that :

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on openfield pCurpaletteChars  --•• (pCurpaletteChars = arabic or latin)
set the CharsPaletteAndKeybord to pCurpaletteChars
en openfield	
regards

Jean-Marc

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Post by Janschenkel » Sun May 24, 2009 7:48 am

Hi Jean-Marc,

In theory, Revolution just follows the input method and language that the user has chosen. But if you need a specific language for a specific field, you can set the textFont of that field to something like "Arial,Arabic".

HTH,

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Post by Mark » Sun May 24, 2009 5:35 pm

Hi Jean-Marc,

You may also need to find a way to make the text go from right to left ;-) I managed to do this, but is quite a hassle with the obsolete text features of Revolution.

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Typing arabic and latin chars on the same card

Post by jmburnod » Sun May 24, 2009 6:01 pm

Hi Mark,

Yes, from right to left :shock:

In fact i want three fonts :

latin
arabic
tifinagh

Maeby a way is a tool with images.

Others ideas are welcome

Best regards

Jean-Marc

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