Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Struggling with Hebrew in LO

On 28/10/2016 19:25, CVAlkan wrote:

> I've attempted to upload my shell script using the More button; 

Thanks.

> heavily commented (as much for my own benefit as anything).

If a script is not commented, then nobody knows what it is supposed to do.

> That helps when choosing a font that Writer (hopefully) won't mysteriously replace. Even with the 
> ability to set a CTL
> language and font, it will be ignored and replaced if the font isn't reporting what it has 
> correctly. 

If the font does correctly report what it has, then it shouldn't be
replaced.

> The bad news is that the list of languages/scripts is not comprehensive
> (just ones I've happened to look into); the good news is that they're
> defined in a "case" statement, so adding some others should be relatively
> simple.

Give me a week or so to play with it.
I'll probably expand it to include most, if not all writing systems
included in Unicode 9.0:

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On second thoughts, it might be easier to rewrite this script in Python,
and add a procedure that inspects each glyph.

* ISO 15924 for writing system codes: Both alpha and numeric codes;
* ISO 639-3 for language codes;
* ISO 3166 for country codes;

Create, and use an SQLite database, with one table for each of the
following:
* Writing systems that are officially implemented in Unicode;
* Writing systems that are unofficially implemented in the Private Plane
Area;
* Language or languages associated with each writing system;
* Glyphs that are associated with each writing system;
* Glyphs that are associated with each language;

By using a database, modifications due to Unicode updates is trivial ---
add the new information to the database.

jonathon


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