Am 03.04.2014 22:12, schrieb Georg Baum:
I understand your motivation to help people in developing countries (and I appreciate it), but please do not assume that your proposed solution of a particular problem is the only one which is feasible. Claiming that LyX supports a new language although it was not tested enough is an absolute no- go. We cannot lie to our users.
I know this is a difficult issue I just wanted to point out my thinking. I don't claim that this the best way to go. I only think for some cases we need more flexibility. We are not lying to our users if something is not working perfectly. Software can always have bugs. Users who don't use Urdu won't be affected so that we still have a stable release for the cast majority.
However, if a new language which is not tested enough is clearly marked as experimental I don't see any problem: People who want a stable solution are warned that they should not use it, and people in desperate need of a document processor in their native language can try it out and contribute improvements.
I could add a note to http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX21 that fonts within LyX don't yet have ligatures for Urdu Should I? btw. Jamil will help us out testing and implementing Urdu screen fonts. Great! regards Uwe
