Re: Hebrew: conversion >> final forms.

From: Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir technion ac il>
To: Petr Tomasek <tomasek etf cuni cz>
Cc: <gtk-i18n-list gnome org>
Subject: Re: Hebrew: conversion >> final forms.
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 22:44:50 +0200 (IST)

On Wed, 30 Jan 2002, Petr Tomasek wrote:

>
>
> Hello!
>
> Is there any way (implemented in glib or pango) how to convert unicode
> hebrew strings from logical to visual representation regarding final
> letter-variants?

final forms are only used for 5 letters in the hebrew alphabet. Hebrew
texts encode them as different characters. So generally such conversion is
not necessary.

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References:
- Hebrew: conversion >> final forms.
  - From: Petr Tomasek

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