From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 22:45:52 +0200 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Llu=EDs?= Batlle i Rossell To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Message-ID: <20110427204549.GH1840@vicerveza.homeunix.net> References: <201104271759.08417.dexen.devries@gmail.com> <39dfebd1c4a2b418969b09c701998fc3@ladd.quanstro.net> <20110427172002.GF1840@vicerveza.homeunix.net> <84621c19aca58edbceef258b1ca859b1@ladd.quanstro.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <84621c19aca58edbceef258b1ca859b1@ladd.quanstro.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Subject: Re: [9fans] localization Topicbox-Message-UUID: d7186044-ead6-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 02:17:54PM -0400, erik quanstrom wrote: > > Those knowing how to program well are those who can deal with English easily. > > Writing with a latin script without diacritics makes the life easier too. Even > > the whole old story about 'char' holds a character can go just fine. > > > > It's also easier to deal with fixed-width fonts than with many typing fanciness, > > as it is easier to take types as fixed drawings than combine them as in arabic. > > both of these problems are quite easy to solve, since they > can be solved once, and are solved problems in plan 9. But then comes the antialiasing, the subpixel rendering for LCDs, the hinting, and all becomes quite complex. I think plan9 works mostly with bitmap fonts, isn't it? I was not aware that plan9 had the arabic linking solved. Good to know! As for the localisation of software, regarding the implementation to allow comfortable localisation without much trade-offs, I can't suggest anything of value now. Thank you, Llu�s.