Hi, On Sat, 1 Apr 2006 22:19:28 +0300 Tor Lillqvist <tml@xxxxxx> wrote: > > I heard their Unicode keymap is different from existing keymaps > > (ABC, Limon, etc) for non-Unicode legacy fonts. > >Huh? Can you explain more? Sorry for my poor English. Before Unicode standardization of Khmer scripts, there was no official support of Khmer script in MS Windows, and several incompatible encodings were used to localize for Cambodia. I'm unfamilar with MacOS case (although Macintosh Script Manager reserved a code for Khmer script, I don't know Apple's official language kit for Khmer) The localization was usually done by installation of keymap file and Khmer TrueType font. There was no Cambodian national standard for keymap & character encoding (this is big difference from Thai case), the localizers invented their own keymap & encoding and distributed. Due to lack of intelligent text layout system like OpenType, these keymap & encoding are designed to discriminate characters by their shapes, and input in the order of presentation. This strategy is different from Unicode that discriminate characters phonetically and input in the phonetic order. You can find small comparison of Unicode keymap and "non-Unicode" keymap: http://projects.thedanielmay.com/khmerfonts/input-unicode.htm Yet I'm not sure about future standardization of Khmer keyboard, my anxiety is "if Microsoft creates 'new' keymap for Windows Vista, it confuses people". This document might be helpful. http://www.bauhahnm.clara.net/Khmer/Welcome.html#KHMERKEYBOARD I wish if I'm understanding your question correctly. Regards, mpsuzuki _______________________________________________ gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
