Sorry for choosing the wrong word this wikipedia article talking about this topic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_diacritics
Thanks Chris for your reply about the filter, Actually I don't have any contact details for the developers of the frontends to report them this problem, hope someone in this list report them about all this discussion :) So now we know the problem and the solution . > Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 01:05:16 -0800 > From: chris...@crosswire.org > To: sword-devel@crosswire.org > Subject: Re: [sword-devel] Search bug & New Arabic Bible, Not Shaped SVD > Version > > You're talking about vowels, not shaping. Shaping in Arabic changes the > shape of the letter according to its context in the word (initial, > medial, final, or isolated). I imagine unshaped Arabic would be very > difficult to read. Arabic without vowel marks, on the other hand, is > standard. > > I would have thought that the indexing would have been done without > vowels or both with and without vowels. It should be easy to recover the > vowel-less text for indexing by applying the UTF8ArabicPoints filter. > > --Chris > > On 11/25/2012 11:45 PM, pola ashraf wrote: > > Using a comparison tool from ICU the two strings resulted in different > > character numbers > > Words to compare > > يَسُوعَ > > يسوع > > Which is the Name of JESUS Christ in Arabic but one is shaped and the > > other isn't > > > > Words converted to HEX Format > > \u064a \u064e \u0633 \u064f \u0648 \u0639 \u064e > > \u064a \u0633 \u0648 \u0639 > > > > That's why search engines of some frontends doesn't come with any > > results for not shaped words > > > > The suggestion is to make the index contain the shaped words plus the > > same words without shaping > > > > Comparison Tool link https://ssl.icu-project.org/icu-bin/scompare > > > > Note: to clarify the meaning of shaping, shaping is the usage of > > Characters like the following ( ٌ ُ ٍ َ ْ ً ) > > these special characters are shapes, and may change the whole word > > meaning and help in correct reading, but as mentioned before, it make > > reading harder and make problem with search functions > > > > Note: And Bible search normally without problems, but the desktop > > programs like Xiphos and Bible Time have this problem > > > > Pola > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > I think Arabic shapes add extra Unicode characters that's why the 2 same > > words - i mentioned before - don't give the same results > > > > ------------------ > > Any Arabic search problem is unconnected to shaping. > > > > Modules are routinely created and stored in a normalised format, user > > entries, e.g. for search ate equally normalised > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org > > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page > > > > > _______________________________________________ > sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
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