[mapserver-users] Farsi right-to-left labels

[Stephen Woodbridge]

Yes, I have used arabjoin.pl for the perl version

http://user.cs.tu-berlin.de/~czyborra/arabjoin/arabjoin

and I just started looking for a C langauge version and there a few 
variations based on:

http://www.koders.com/c/fid0CDEEAE48A82518AB622E67323B84AB525772AED.aspx?s=mp3
http://www.koders.com/c/fidD92D7571C80226F5F767189298750ACC8461B090.aspx?s=mp3
http://www.koders.com/c/fid6998723CE404855329383741EACE2197511ACDB6.aspx?s=mp3

This is a variation on the above but has a more complete and useful 
example, and it will also handle Hebrew, Arabic, and maybe Farsi

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2F130.89.160.166%2Frockbox%2Farabjoin.c&ei=rlPYR6-8DZjEgQT43tymBQ&usg=AFQjCNFUtcluvex5eicUU4b70H_ok5vC7Q&sig2=m8TZs2uMbL8Te8f2Za0fVQ
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&q=arabjoin.c++stdbool.h

-Steve W.

Yewondwossen Assefa wrote:
> 
> 
> Stephen Woodbridge wrote:
>> Hi Daniel,
>>
>> I looked at the patch briefly.
>> It doesn't seem to be doing character joining for works in Arabic.
>>
>> I'm thinking that if we had the algorithm to do the joining then we 
>> could add that and maybe a Tag or metadata item that enabled the 
>> joining  if needed. The joining algorithm, might be smart enough to 
>> only join Arabic letters and leave the rest alone.
>>
>> If you are interested, I think I can get my hands on a perl script 
>> that does the joining.
>>
> 
> Steve,
> 
>  Isn't is what the function shape_arabic (from the PostArabic) module 
> does?  If that is the case, the source code in C and an original perl 
> source code are available on the web.
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> 
>> -Steve W
>>
>> Daniel Morissette wrote:
>>> Copying what I wrote earlier this morning on the ka-map list (sorry 
>>> for those on both lists):
>>>
>>> FYI there is an open MapServer ticket about this:
>>>   http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/956
>>>
>>> The ticket even includes a patch that you may want to try. I'll try 
>>> to address this one for MapServer 5.2.
>>>
>>> Daniel
>>>
>>>
>>> R Isfahani wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I'm trying to render some Farsi (Persian) labels on my map. As you 
>>>> may know, Farsi words are written from right to left, just like Hebrew.
>>>> I've changed the label's encoding to 'Windows-1256' in my mapfile 
>>>> and I'm using TrueType fonts. Farsi letters have appeared. But the 
>>>> problem is that letters are in revers order and letters are not 
>>>> joining properly.
>>>> Of course reversing the letters' order in database will cause the 
>>>> right order of them when rendering the map. But I wanna know if 
>>>> there's any other way to show farsi labels in right order with no 
>>>> joining problems.
>>>>  
>>>> [Actually, I'm using Ka-Map on the top of Mapserver to render my 
>>>> maps on the web. Ka-Mappers told me that my problem is a kind of 
>>>> Mapserver problems]
>>>>
>>>> Any new ideas are welcomed.
>>>> Thanx.
>>>>
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