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24.1; Arabic - Harakat (diacritics, short vowels) don't appear

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From: Steffan <smias <at> yandex.ru>
To: Kenichi Handa <handa <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 11860 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, smias <at> yandex.ru, jasonr <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#11860: 24.1; Arabic - Harakat (diacritics, short vowels) don't appear
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 21:52:07 +0200

> Kenichi Handa-4 Aug 18, 2012; 4:45am: 

> I first confirmed that the described problems of Arabic and
> Hebrew occur with Emacs running on Windows.  Typing C-u C-x
> = on the first Arabic character (U+0639) showed that "Courier
> New" font is used for it, and showed this composition
> information.
> 
> Composed with the following character(s) "ْ" using this font:
>   uniscribe:-outline-Courier New-normal-normal-normal-mono-13-*-*-*-c-*-iso10646-1 

I have the same font. 

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> Kenichi Handa-4, Aug 18, 2012; 11:19am:

> For Hebrew too, on Windows, I see the same problem as what
> Steffan <[hidden email]> reported:
> In article <[hidden email]>, Steffan <[hidden email]> writes:
>>> I choose "hebrew-full" as input-method.
>>>
>>> - After typing 'f' I get KAF
>>> - then by typing d I get GIMMEL
>>> - and after typing 'D' I get "the three point sign" (HEBREW POINT QUBUTS) not below the GIMMEL but the KAF! 

Yes, and I have the same font. (My OS is Windows 7 on a Netbook.) In arabic I have a similar bug (the special vowels are at the wrong place), but there is a small difference. I hope my remark could be useful:
 After choosing the arabic-input-method:
- By typing "h" (for "Alef" ا) then "U" (for "Ayin" ع ) you get the 2 characters correctly
- But after typing "X" (for the "vowel" Sukun ْ) you get nothing. (In hebrew you can see QUBBUTS (but also at the wrong position - by the FIRST character.) [This is THE ONLY difference!] 
- Move the cursor to the beginning of the line (Ctrl-a) you will see the Sukun (the small circle). BUT on the Alef NOT on the Ayin.
-- If you write then anything in the SAME line the Sukun disappears! And if you change the "WINDOW" (Alt-Tab) and goes back to Emacs it disappears too. 
- Move the cursor again to the beginning of the line (Ctrl-a) you will see the Sukun (the small circle) again.
-- If you type ENTER at the end of the line (Ctrl-e) you can write what you want, you can always see the Sukun.

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