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diff --git a/2021/talks/bidi.md b/2021/talks/bidi.md index 2bfd13d7..7bff4e8f 100644 --- a/2021/talks/bidi.md +++ b/2021/talks/bidi.md @@ -1,17 +1,16 @@ -[[!meta title="Perso-Arabic Input Methods And Making More Emacs Apps BIDI Aware"]] +[[!meta title="Perso-Arabic Input Methods And BIDI Aware Apps"]] [[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2021 Mohsen BANAN"]] [[!inline pages="internal(2021/info/bidi-nav)" raw="yes"]] <!-- You can manually edit this file to update the abstract, add links, etc. ---> -# Perso-Arabic Input Methods And Making More Emacs Apps BIDI Aware -Mohsen BANAN - - -# Table of Contents - +# Perso-Arabic Input Methods And BIDI Aware Apps +Mohsen BANAN -- محسن بنان +Emacs is a multilingual user environment. A true multilingual editor must +support bidirectionality and shaping of characters. Perso-Arabic scripts require +both of these features. Starting with Emacs 24, full native bidi (bidirectional) support became available. For @@ -21,57 +20,86 @@ open-source shaping libraries were also available. With these in place at around 2012, I developed two Persian input methods for emacs. These input -methods or variations of them can also be used -Arabic and other persoarabic scripts. +methods or variations of them can also be used for +Arabic and other Perso-Arabic scripts. With all of these in place, Emacs has now become -the ne plus ultra Halaal/Convivial usage -environment for persoarabic users. +the ne plus ultra Libre-Halaal and Convivial usage +environment for Perso-Arabic users. Since emacs comes loaded with everything (Gnus for email, Bbdb for address books, XeLaTeX modes for typesetting, org-mode for organization, spell -checkers, completions, calendar, etc.), all basic -computing and communication needs of persoarabic +checkers, completion systems, calendar, etc.), all basic +computing and communication needs of Perso-Arabic users can be addressed in one place and cohesively. In this talk I will demonstrate what a wonderful environment that can be. - -- 40 minutes: (brief description/outline) - My talk will be in two parts. +My talk will be in two parts. + +In Part 1, I cover Persian input methods. With an emphasis on "Banan +Multi-Character (Reverse) Transliteration Persian Input Method". The +software is part of base emacs distribution. Full documentation is available +at: - In Part 1, I cover persian input methods. With an - emphasis on &lsquo ;Banan Multi-Character (Reverse) - Transliteration Persian Input Method’. The - software is part of base emacs distribution. - Full documentation is available at: Persian Input Methods For Emacs And More Broadly Speaking شیوههایِ درج به فارسی <http://mohsen.1.banan.byname.net/PLPC/120036> - In Part 2, I will cover the ramifications of bidi - on existing emacs applications, including: +In Part 2, I'll demonstrate that Emacs is far more than an editor. Emacs can be +a complete Perso-Arabic usage environment. I will also cover the ramifications +of bidi on existing emacs applications, including: - - Gnus: - - Persoarabic rich email sending in HTML. - - Ramifications of bidi on from, to and - subject lines. +- Spell Checking, Dictionaries And Completion Frameworks: + - Existing emacs facilities can be extended to cover Perso-Arabic. - - Bbdb: Ramifications of bidi on display and - completion. +- Gnus: + - Perso-Arabic rich email sending in HTML. + - Ramifications of bidi on from:, to: and subject: lines. - - Calendar: - - Ramifications of bidi on display. - - Use of persian text for Persian (solar) calendar. - - Use of arabic text for Muslem (lunar) calendar. +- Bbdb: Ramifications of bidi on display and completion. - - AUCTeX: Persian typesetting with XeLaTeX - - +- Calendar: + - Ramifications of bidi on display. + - Use of Persian text for Persian (solar) calendar. + - Use of Arabic text for Muslem (lunar) calendar. + +- AUCTeX: Persian typesetting with XeLaTeX + - Option of having right-to-left Perso-Arabic aliases for all latex commands. + +References: + + - Persian Input Methods: + <http://mohsen.1.banan.byname.net/PLPC/120036> + <http://www.persoarabic.org/PLPC/120036> -- Persian Input Methods Access Page + <http://www.persoarabic.org> -- Various Perso-Arabic resources + <http://www.freeprotocols.org/Repub/fpf-isiri-6219> -- Re-Publication Of + Persian Information Interchange and Display Mechanism, using Unicode + <https://github.com/bx-blee/persian-input-method> -- Git repo for + persian.el -- Quail package for inputting Persian/Farsi keyboards + + - BIDI: + <http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr9/> -- Annex #9 of the Unicode standard + <https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Bidirectional-Display.html> + Emacs Bidirectional Display + + - Blee and Persian-Blee: + <https://github.com/bx-blee/env2> -- Very messy work-in-progress git repo for: + Blee: By* Libre-Halaal Emacs Environment + <http://www.by-star.net> -- A Moral Alternative To The Proprietary American Digital Ecosystem + <http://mohsen.1.banan.byname.net/PLPC/120033> -- + Nature of Polyexistentials: + Basis for Abolishment of The Western Intellectual Property Rights Regime + <http://mohsen.1.banan.byname.net/PLPC/120039> -- Defining The Libre-Halaal Label + + - Mohsen BANAN -- محسن بنان: + <http://mohsen.1.banan.byname.net/> -- Globish + <http://mohsen.1.banan.byname.net/persian> -- Farsi + <http://mohsen.1.banan.byname.net/french> -- French [[!inline pages="internal(2021/info/bidi-schedule)" raw="yes"]] |