Re: How to determine Script from given Unicode text?

[Gaurav Jain <gaurav_anywhere yahoo com>]

Hi Neelesh,

Yes indeed, that should serve my purpose, but
unfortunately I'm using Gtk 2.4.  I'll check to see
how 2.6 is implementing it...

Thanks,
Gaurav

--- Neelesh Bodas <neelesh bodas gmail com> wrote:

> 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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