Re: How to determine Script from given Unicode text?

[Neelesh Bodas <neelesh bodas gmail com>]

You may find this useful
http://www.gtk.org/api/2.6/pango/pango-Scripts.html#pango-script-for-unichar
 There is a function called pango_script_for_unichar() which does precisely
what you want. it is supported from version 2.6 onwards.
 Thanks
Neelesh


 On 10/21/05, Gaurav Jain <gaurav_anywhere yahoo com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I need to find a way to determine the "best script"
> corresponding to a given Unicode string/char. For
> example, if I have some unicode text containing Thai
> characters, I want to be able to say that it is
> "thai". And if the text contains latin characters, I
> need to be able to say it is "latin".
>
> Is there a method provided by glib/gtk to determine
> this? Pango provides an API called
> pango_find_base_dir() which does the job of guessing
> the direction of a unicode text, which is close, but
> not exactly what I want.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Gaurav
>
>
>
>
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