Re: Support for Indian languages

On 08/10/13 21:06, Tony Mechelynck wrote:
> On 08/10/13 19:15, Arnab Bhattacharya wrote:
>> I guess the support for Indian languages is still very shaky.
>> Has there been any recent improvements in rendering the fonts correctly?
>>
> AFAIK, Vim has no real support for Brahmic scripts (devanagari,
> gujarati, bengali, et al.). No change is expected at any predictable
> future time, until or unless some user interested in such scripts
> decides to take it upon him- or herself to add the necessary C
> module(s), the way Nadim Shaikli added Arabic support a few years ago.

P.S. If you think you have the necessary expertise, then go ahead: the
Vim source is available to anyone. If you can't do it yourself but know
someone who can, try to convince them to do it. In other cases, — well,
you're just as badly put as anyone else in the list interested in
Brahmic scripts and Indian languages (other than urdu).
>
> Best regards,
> Tony.
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