[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] MPlayer Subtitles Arabic Shaping Support

[Mohammed Yousif]

On جمعة 04 يونيو 2004 14:53, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> Mohammed Yousif writes:
> >   Attached is a patch to enable Arabic language support.
> >   Currently, FriBiDI does BiDI, but Arabic also needs shaping.
> >   Shaping is the process of "connecting" the letters to form new
> >   shapes depending on the position of a given Arabic letter.
> >
> >    + A screenshot of MPlayer without the patch:
> >         http://mhdyousif.host.sk/files/mplayer_without_shaping.jpg
> >
> >    + A screenshot of MPlayer with the patch:
> >         http://mhdyousif.host.sk/files/mplayer_with_shaping.jpg
>
> Out of curiosity, is the text on both pictures the same.  AFAICT it
> *could* be the same, but I'm not sure.
>

 Yes it is the same, an Arabic letter may have at most 4 forms :-)

-- 
Mohammed Yousif
Egypt