Yes, problem 1 is really annoying. I'd also like to see a solution. On 26 June 2010 08:07, ananga108md <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello > > I am currently getting to grips with bangla on the mac and am faced with a > few issues that people here may be able to help me with. > > PROBLEM 1: my bengali letters ya da shanya ra and dha shanya rha have a > disturbing tendency to decompose as follows > > precomposed ontoshto yo 09DF; becomes onthoshto jo য plus nukta > precomposed do shonyo ro 09DC; becomes ড plus nukta > precomposed dho shonyo rho 09DD ; becomes ঢ plus nukta > > worse still the nukta is badly and inconsistently placed within gmail on > safari. > > How can I avoid this happening? > > I am mostly using web based tools to create the text so lots of copying and > pasting within safari into and out of gmail etc. is going on > > I don't seem to remember anything like this happening on the PC > > PROBLEM 2 > I need to find a useful set of tools for the mac; simple text editor with > excellent bugless character/glyph disp.lay/rendering, character map (like > babelmap woud be good) and need recommedations. > > thanks > > Antony Brand > Glastonbury, Somerset, UK > > > > ------------------------------------ > > . > > > If you need Gmail account then please send a request to > [email protected] > > > > > > > > .Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
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