sindhi joomla language pack 1.5

[raheelkaghzi]

dear folks,
sindhi language pack for joomla1.5 stable version is release.
check this out,
http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/sindhi_joomla/
the complete sindhi joomla 1.5(stable version with integrated sindhi language) will be available shortly.
regards.

[infograf768]

Sorry to say but there are many mistakes in this site package for 1.5.

Starting from the naming convention of the language, the locales used, etc.

Please take off from joomlacode asap and contact me.

[infograf768]

See FYI, this is our reference concerning language and ISO code.
http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php

Reference concerning country codes
http://www.iso.org/iso/country_codes/is ... ements.htm

so the language should most certainly be sd-PK or sd-IN

locales issues
Sindhi locales are not available on any platform.
If you use the devenagari script, you will be better of using the Hindi locales i.e.

hi_IN.utf-8, hi_IN.UTF-8, hi_IN, hin_IN, hi, hindi, hindi-india, hindi-in, ind, india

that is until we figure a way in Joomla to overpass this limitation.

[raheelkaghzi]

dear moderator,
i can understand your concern, but i named it what google named it, for sindhi .
and anyway i take off the package as u instructed, and i am fixing many things, in this package. i am well aware of this issue, and sindhi dont use the devangi script, its arabic scripts with additional letters..
hope you will continue your support..
regards.

[infograf768]

Let's try to solve the issues one after the other. 

1. Is Pakistan or India the country you wish to link the language to
i.e. you have to choose sd-PK or sd-IN

2. The locales
As you are using the Arabic script,
Are the dates in Sindhi the same as in Arabic? If yes, we could use Arabic locales.

3. PDF
Would an Arabic-aware pdf font be enough to display Sindhi?
Or do you know any sindhi TTF font which is Open Source or free to use?

4. Have you used Sindhi on a 1.0.13 site before?

Note: this may help you
http://forum.joomla.org/index.php/topic,254709.0.html

[raheelkaghzi]

1. Is Pakistan or India the country you wish to link the language to
i.e. you have to choose sd-PK or sd-IN
ans. i wished to named it sindhi world but now i named it sindhi pakistan .
2. The locales
As you are using the Arabic script,
Are the dates in Sindhi the same as in Arabic? If yes, we could use Arabic locales.
ans. yes we are using the arabic scripts but extended our language have its extended own letters,total count of letters of our sindhi language is =52. but all the arabic letters are the part of our language. so i think it will not be sufficient to handle. and about dates are same, but name of the days are little bit different, months same,
3. PDF
Would an Arabic-aware pdf font be enough to display Sindhi?
Or do you know any sindhi TTF font which is Open Source or free to use?
i think arabic -aware pdf fonts will not be enough for sindhi,
about sindhi TTF fonts they are availabe free,
visit this :
http://www.geocities.com/majidbhurgri/fonts.htm
i would like to use MB sindhi Web and MB sindhi, other will be plus..
i will need detailed help regarding this issue,
i have some idea regarding this but i need complete details.

4. Have you used Sindhi on a 1.0.13 site before?
yes i have used it on my system its works fine with some edits, but i dont know about other that they also able to do that or not..
http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/sindhi_joomla/

[raheelkaghzi]

1. Is Pakistan or India the country you wish to link the language to
i.e. you have to choose sd-PK or sd-IN
ans. i wished to named it sindhi world but now i named it sindhi pakistan .

2. The locales
As you are using the Arabic script,
Are the dates in Sindhi the same as in Arabic? If yes, we could use Arabic locales.
ans. yes we are using the arabic scripts but extended our language have its extended own letters,total count of letters of our sindhi language is =52. but all the arabic letters are the part of our language. so i think it will not be sufficient to handle. and about dates are same, but name of the days are little bit different, months same,
3. PDF
Would an Arabic-aware pdf font be enough to display Sindhi?
Or do you know any sindhi TTF font which is Open Source or free to use?
i think arabic -aware pdf fonts will not be enough for sindhi,
about sindhi TTF fonts they are availabe free,
visit this :

http://www.geocities.com/majidbhurgri/fonts.htm
http://salrc.uchicago.edu/resources/fon ... le/sindhi/

i would like to use MB sindhi Web and MB sindhi, other will be plus..
i will need detailed help regarding this issue,
i have some idea regarding this but i need complete details.

4. Have you used Sindhi on a 1.0.13 site before?
yes i have used it on my system its works fine with some edits, but i dont know about other that they also able to do that or not..
http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/sindhi_joomla/

[infograf768]

I have looked at the 1.0.13 pack.
There are 2 errors in the sd-PK.xml.
The file has to be saved as iso-8559-1 (xml in joomla 1.0.x HAS to be iso-8559-1) and one file to install is not listed.
Correction below:

Sindhi
1.0.0
2007-10-25
Raheel H. Kaghzi
[email protected]

sd-PK.php
sd-PK.ignore.php

When you use the Sindhi pack on a Sindhi site (1.0.13), which locale do you enter in the global configuration locale tab?
Any url of a Joomla Sindhi site?

Concerning the pdf, we have a member of the translation workgroup who can help making a pdf font for you.
I will ask him.

[raheelkaghzi]

now i fixed it the language pack1.0.13, and its done, actually i forget that joomla 1.0.x only support  8859-1 encoding.
thanks for you help, you are always welcome,
dear i also have finished with sindhi language pack 1.5, i need ur help regarding locales, and pdf creation, though i already finished translation of installation files, of joomla 1.5, and now i want to integrate sindhi into jooomla 1.5, but i need help regarding pdf issues and fonts, so i can embed it, and  can able to make it available for folks,
waiting for your reply/help.
regards

[infograf768]

When you use the Sindhi pack on a Sindhi site (1.0.13), which locale do you enter in the global configuration locale tab?
Any url of a Joomla Sindhi site?

[raheelkaghzi]

i am going to input these:
sd_PK.utf8, sd_PK.UTF-8, sd_PK, sd-PK, sd, snd, pk, PK, pakistan, PAK, PAKISTAN, KARACHI, karachi, KHI, khi,
in sindhi language pack 1.5,
and after making changes in language pack such as encoding 8859-1, the language pack is not working even on my system, i dont have any sindhi joomla website reference, but after launching the sindhi language pack 1.5 for joomla , i hope the first one will be http://mysindh.org.
and i am still waiting for guidence about pdf.
regards.

[infograf768]

and after making changes in language pack such as encoding 8859-1,

in which pack, if on 1.0.14, it will work OK.\

On 1.5 all (xml and ini )have to be utf8- no bom.

as sd_PK.utf8, etc. are not provided by OSes, you will not get the locale at all.

I have not forgotten your pdf file. 

[joomlacorner]

raheelkaghzi, 
    Do you have TTF font?  I will try to help convert font for PDF.

[infograf768]

I found this one, Akarawuth
http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/rend ... OT_ttf.zip

which I think could be very useful for many languages:
http://www.wazu.jp/gallery/views/View_Lateef.html

Lateef      (LateefRegOT.ttf)
Source: Free download from SIL International's Arabic script Unicode font page.
Stats: Version 1.0rc1 build 117/117 has 1,147 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Arabic script (Arabic, Ajami, Azeri, Balochi, Berber, Brahui, Kashmiri, Kazakh, Kirghiz Kurdish, Lahnda, Jawi, Parkari, Pashto, Persian, Shahmukhi, Sindhi, Uighur, Urdu, Uzbek; Also includes letters in the "Arabic Supplement" block), Latin
OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic (default, Kurdish, Sindhi, Urdu), Latin

[infograf768]

Here is a link to a tcpdf font for Sindhi.
Thanks Akarawuth for the package.

Please test and let us know if this suits your needs.
http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/pdffon ... se_id=6751

Concerning the locale, we are now discussing about implementing a general solution to this issue as it does not only concern SIndhi but many other languages.
We will keep you posted on this.

[raheelkaghzi]

dear infograf768 , and others,
i have tested my sindhi language pack 1.0.x on different versions and its working fine, i am also finished with joomla1.5, installation and site language files, and i am going to upload them shortly,
regarding pdf, thanks for ur help but its not working properly,
i have tested on my systems this is what i got with reference to original:
this one is the original:
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1.اُڻندو اُھا جا ڪوريءَ جي من ۾ ھوندي.
ھيءُ پھاڪو اظاھري واٽ ۾ ڪوريءَ جي اختياري ڏيکاري ٿو، جو جڏھن تا ڃي
اڳيانس پکڙيل آھي. ۽ پيٽي لاءِ نڙو
ھٿ ۾ اٿس تڏھن ڪپڙو گھاٽو اُڻي.توڙي ڇڊو، تـ مرضي سندس. پرحقيقت ۾ مطلب
ھيءُ اٿس جو ڌڻي سڀ ڪم لاءِ سگھارو آھي. نـ ڪنھن کان صلاح وھيڻو،ن ڪنھن جو
دلبو کائي، نـ ڪنھن جو مٿس زور ھلي، نـ ڪنھن کان واھر
گھري، جيڪي وڻيس سو ڪـري.
2.اَب جو ڏنو ڪھڙي ڪم، جا سين رب نـ ڏيـئي.
**********************
this one i got with pdf fonts:
**********
.يدنوھ ۾ نم يج ءيروڪ اج اھُا ودنڻُا. 1
يڃ ات نھڏج وج ،وٿ يراکيڏ يرايتخا يج ءيروڪ ۾ ٽاو يرھاظا وڪاھپ ءيھ
وڙن ءال يٽيپ ۽ .يھآ ليڙکپ سنايڳا
،وڊڇ يڙوت.يڻُا وٽاھگ وڙپڪ نھڏت سٿا ۾ ٿھ
بلطم ۾ تقيقحرپ .سدنس يضرم ت
وراھگس ءال مڪ ڀس يڻڌ وج سٿا ءيھ
نھنڪ ن،وڻيھو حالص ناک نھنڪ ن .يھآ
وج
روز سٿم وج نھنڪ ن ،يئاک وبلد
ناک نھنڪ ن ،يلھ
رھاو
وس سيڻو يڪيج ،يرھگ
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ناس راڪهس Administrator
Tuesday, 05 February 2008 03:50 -
.يرڪ
اج ،مڪ يڙھڪ ونڏ وج بَا. 2
.يئيڏ ن بر نيس
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if i am missing anything then let me know,
i also edited the xml file
"<pdfFontName>lateefregot</pdfFontName>
<fonts>
<filename>lateefregot.php</filename>
<filename>lateefregot.z</filename>
<filename>lateefregot.ctg.z</filename>
</fonts>
"
i would like to know the detailed procedure of pdf fonts creation, so i will do it on my own,
regards.

[infograf768]

What we need is a TTF font with Free license if the one we posted did not work for you.

[infograf768]

Would this font be OK. Please test in a usual application before we try to make a pdf
http://bhurgri.com/MBSindhi2007.zip

[raheelkaghzi]

Would this font be OK. Please test in a usual application before we try to make a pdf
http://bhurgri.com/MBSindhi2007.zip

these fonts are the best one, and the first sindhi fonts , and we all use it as our defaults sindhi input,
please get me the pdf fonts of these MB Sindhi or MB Sindhi WEB,
http://www.geocities.com/majidbhurgri/fonts.htm
looking forward to you,
waiting very anxiously,
regards.

[joomlacorner]

try to used this mbsindhiweb font
http://joomlacode.org/gf/download/frsre ... pdf.tar.gz

[raheelkaghzi]

try to used this mbsindhiweb font
http://joomlacode.org/gf/download/frsre ... pdf.tar.gz

thanks you very much for your help,
iam going to try it,
i was just trying to create my other fonts for sindhi,
but unfortunately my linux system is not working properly,
so i was trying to create with windows,

1. Create new ufm file e.g. freemono - ttf2ufm -a -F freemono.ttf - you need ttf2ufm.exe
after using ttf2ufm.exe
i got three files, .ufm , .afm , . t1a.
after installing the php on my system, i still wont get the resulting three .php, .z and .ctg.z files.
i am not familier with windows system though linux always comes with nearly with everything, can anyone telling me regarding this,
or any reference
regards.

[raheelkaghzi]

try to used this mbsindhiweb font
http://joomlacode.org/gf/download/frsre ... pdf.tar.gz

dear,
i have tested it, its has same problems, with these fonts i again got the same result,english language is displaying fine and nice,
but when creating pdf for sindhi fonts, then all become mess,
actually every single word is in opposite direction, and separated,
same result as i posted it earlier,
looking forward to you,
waiting for positive reply and get rid of this problem, make it ready for folks to get benefit from joomla 1.5 and enjoying creating pdf on the fly.
regards.

[joomlacorner]

I'm used ubuntu to create this.

MB sindhi Web font is OTF
step 1
- Convert OTF to TTF
I'm follow this http://lazza.wordpress.com/2007/12/04/c ... -truetype/
rename file name to small letter.
step 2.
ttf2ufm.exe run on Ubuntu. I used wine on ubuntu to run
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wine

step 3
Run makefontuni.php with the .ttf and .ufm filenames as argument:
$ php -q makefontuni.php myfont.ttf myfont.ufm

Copy the resulting .php, .z and .ctg.z file \language\pdf_fonts
edit xx-XX.xml under tag

<pdfFontName>myfont</pdfFontName>

[joomlacorner]

dear infograf768 , and others,

if i am missing anything then let me know,
i also edited the xml file
"<pdfFontName>lateefregot</pdfFontName>
<fonts>
<filename>lateefregot.php</filename>
<filename>lateefregot.z</filename>
<filename>lateefregot.ctg.z</filename>
</fonts>
"

xx-XX.xml
<pdfFontName>lateefregot</pdfFontName>

and

install.xml
<fonts>
<filename>lateefregot.php</filename>
<filename>lateefregot.z</filename>
<filename>lateefregot.ctg.z</filename>
</fonts>

[infograf768]

Hmm...
Looks like we have 2 issues here.
1. The RTL behaviour of tcpdf. Known issue. MTK is in charge of this and trying to solve.
2. The Original Sindhi text I tested from above

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1.اُڻندو اُھا جا ڪوريءَ جي من ۾ ھوندي.
ھيءُ پھاڪو اظاھري واٽ ۾ ڪوريءَ جي اختياري ڏيکاري ٿو، جو جڏھن تا ڃي
اڳيانس پکڙيل آھي. ۽ پيٽي لاءِ نڙو
ھٿ ۾ اٿس تڏھن ڪپڙو گھاٽو اُڻي.توڙي ڇڊو، تـ مرضي سندس. پرحقيقت ۾ مطلب
ھيءُ اٿس جو ڌڻي سڀ ڪم لاءِ سگھارو آھي. نـ ڪنھن کان صلاح وھيڻو،ن ڪنھن جو
دلبو کائي، نـ ڪنھن جو مٿس زور ھلي، نـ ڪنھن کان واھر
گھري، جيڪي وڻيس سو ڪـري.
2.اَب جو ڏنو ڪھڙي ڪم، جا سين رب نـ ڏيـئي.

When I use MB Sindhi Web font in a text editor (the original OTF font), the same text whose htmlentities are:

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1.اُڻندو اُھا جا ڪوريءَ جي من ۾ ھوندي.
ھيءُ پھاڪو اظاھري واٽ ۾ ڪوريءَ جي اختياري ڏيکاري ٿو، جو جڏھن تا ڃي
اڳيانس پکڙيل آھي. ۽ پيٽي لاءِ نڙو
ھٿ ۾ اٿس تڏھن ڪپڙو گھاٽو اُڻي.توڙي ڇڊو، تـ مرضي سندس. پرحقيقت ۾ مطلب
ھيءُ اٿس جو ڌڻي سڀ ڪم لاءِ سگھارو آھي. نـ ڪنھن کان صلاح وھيڻو،ن ڪنھن جو
دلبو کائي، نـ ڪنھن جو مٿس زور ھلي، نـ ڪنھن کان واھر
گھري، جيڪي وڻيس سو ڪـري.
2.اَب جو ڏنو ڪھڙي ڪم، جا سين رب نـ ڏيـئي.

is displayed as the image attached at bottom shows,
and... this is exactly what we get when creating a pdf.

Note: Even when using <font face="MB Sindhi Web"> for the article content, the display on site is still looking as the original text.

[joomlacorner]

I feel may be J.1.5.x need to update TCPDF to lasted version?
J1.5.x base on TCPDF V.1.53.0

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2.2.000 (2008-02-12)
	- fixed javascript bug introduced with latest release

2.1.002 (2008-02-12)

	- justify function was fixed on PHP4 version.
	- Bookmark function was added ([1578250] Table of contents).
	- Javascript and Form fields support was added ([1796359] Form fields).
2.1.001 (2008-02-10)
	- The bug "[1885776] Race Condition in function justitfy" was fixed.
	- The bug "[1890217] xpdf complains that pdf is incorrect" was fixed.	

2.1.000 (2008-01-07)

	- FPDF_FONTPATH constant was changed to K_PATH_FONTS on config file
	- Bidirectional Algorithm to correctly reverse bidirectional languages was added.
	- SetLeftMargin, SetTopMargin, SetRightMargin functions were fixed.
	- SetCellPadding function was added.
	- writeHTML was updated with new parameters.
	- Text function was fixed.
	- MultiCell function was fixed, now works also across multiple pages.
	- Line width was fixed on Header and Footer functions and <hr> tag.
	- "GetImageSize" was renamed "getimagesize".
	- Document version was changed from 1.3 to 1.5.
	- _begindoc() function was fixed.
	- ChangeDate was fixed and ModDate was added.
	- The following functions were added:
	  setPage() : Move pointer to the apecified document page.
	  getPage() : Get current document page number.
	  lastpage() : Reset pointer to the last document page.
	  getNumPages() : Get the total number of insered pages.
	  GetNumChars() : count the number of (UTF-8) characters in a string.
	- $stretch parameter was added to Cell() function to fit text on cell:
			0 = disabled
			1 = horizontal scaling only if necessary
			2 = forced horizontal scaling
			3 = character spacing only if necessary
			4 = forced character spacing
	- Line function was fixed for RTL.
	- Graphic transformation functions were added [1811158]:

			StartTransform()
			StopTransform()
			ScaleX()
			ScaleY()
			ScaleXY()
			Scale()
			MirrorH()
			MirrorV()
			MirrorP()
			MirrorL()
			TranslateX()
			TranslateY()
			Translate()
			Rotate()
			SkewX()
			SkewY()
			Skew()

	- Graphic function were added/updated [1688549]:

			SetLineStyle()
			_outPoint()
			_outLine()
			_outRect()
			_outCurve()
			Line()
			Rect()
			Curve
			Ellipse
			Circle
			Polygon
			RegularPolygon

2.0.000 (2008-01-04)

	- RTL (Right-To-Left) languages support was added. Language direction is set using the $l['a_meta_dir'] setting on /configure/language/xxx.php language files.

	- setRTL($enable) method was added to manually enable/disable the RTL text direction.

	- The attribute "dir" was added to support custom text direction on HTML tags. Possible values are: ltr - for Left-To-Right and RTL for Right-To-Left.

	- RC4 40bit encryption was added. Check the SetProtection method.

	- [1815213] Improved image support for GIF, JPEG, PNG formats.

	- [1800094] Attribute "value" was added to ordered list items <li>.

	- Image function now has a new "align" parameter that indicates the alignment of the pointer next to image insertion and relative to image height. The value can be:

			T: top-right for LTR or top-left for RTL

			M: middle-right for LTR or middle-left for RTL

			B: bottom-right for LTR or bottom-left for RTL

			N: next line

	- Attribute "align" was added to <img> html tag to set the above image "align" parameter. Possible values are:

			top: top-right for LTR or top-left for RTL

			middle: middle-right for LTR or middle-left for RTL

			bottom: bottom-right for LTR or bottom-left for RTL

	- [1798103] newline was added after </ul>, </ol> and </p> tages.

	- [1816393] Documentation was updated.

	- 'ln' parameter was fixed on writeHTMLCell. Now it's possible to print two or more columns across several pages;

	- The method lastPage() was added to move the pointer on the last page;

[raheelkaghzi]

dear Jean-Marie and others,
about pdf, its not the same, its mirroring all the characters <opposite direction and seperated from one another>
our pdf fonts are not working on sindhi, english character are displaying properly with the same fonts in pdf.
i hope you will figure out what is going on, and soon these issue will be solved, including locale issue , and soon i will get the required informations<tips> to fix these problems.
looking forward to you,
regards.

[raheelkaghzi]

this is the out put after creating the pdf from mix contents< sindhi and english>..
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clip_image002.jpg

[raheelkaghzi]

guys,
i am still waiting for both problems to be solved,
1) locale <by passing>
2) pdf....
i am finish with sindhi.joomla.language.pack.1.5.x
and ready to upload it, i am just waiting for these problems to be solved so i can upload these packages , language pack and joomla 1.5.x with integrated sindhi installation and site language files with pdf creation.
and here i am also requesting the moderators and development team to include my language "sindhi سنڌي" into installation language options in Joomla.
waiting for your replies, with tips and tricks and fixes.
regards.

[infograf768]

@raheelkaghzi

1. Concerning the "locale" issue, see the patches proposed here (5th post from the top)
http://groups.google.com/group/joomla-d ... 3f41d94aee
This is not yet implemented in core and some code could change.
We have tested it and it works pretty well.
We have to be patient though. It is for 1.5.2.
In the mean while, your package would only be displaying English dates (or Arabic if you choose the Arabic locale).

2. Concerning the tcpdf ,we now have solved the issue and will commit the new version with rtl in SVN
Please test and report here:
http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla ... em_id=9857

3. Concerning getting into our workgroup, I have asked Ole to contact you directly. I look forward to get Sindhi Installation files in trunk for 1.5.2 where we hope the locale issue will be fixed as discussed in 1.