Please test this RTF on Abiword/Linux

From: Peter Jacobi (pj_at_walter-graphtek.com)
Date: Sat Mar 27 2004 - 05:31:17 EST

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    Dear List Members,

    Can please anybody test this RTF file on Abiword/Linux:
    http://www.jodelpeter.de/i18n/tamil/vowel-signs.rtf

    You would need a Tamil font installed, to be able to see anything.
    The fine Code 2000 font (http://home.att.net/~jameskass/) also includes
    Tamil.

    The purpose of the test is to determine whether and how it is possible to
    display Tamil dependant vowel signs in isolation (without the dotted circle
    which normally occurs when they are not attached to consonant), as needed
    for educational material.

    It should be possible to get this display by entering either SPACE+VOWEL
    SIGN or NBSP+VOWEL SIGN, but all tests on Windows fail.

    So there is a test needed whether the problem is due to the font, the
    rendering engine (Uniscribe vs. Pango) or the applications.

    For comparisons you can see the vowel signs in this table:
    http://www.jodelpeter.de/i18n/tamil/xref-utf-8.htm

    (But, at least on Windows, they all render with the dotted circle in the
    browser).

    Best Regards,
    Peter Jacobi

    BTW: The Windows version of AbiWord gives a very garbled display, as it
    doesn't use Uniscribe for text rendering, AFAIK.
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