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Is NPP support Azerbaijani language?

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Nobody/Anonymous
2007-12-05
2012-11-13

  • Nobody/Anonymous

    Nobody/Anonymous - 2007-12-05

    Hi, I like NPP but when try to type in Azeri it paste the question marks instead of symbols. But windows notepad work with it without any problems. Should I forget about NPP and use the notepad ? :)

    Thanks

     

    • Nobody/Anonymous

      Nobody/Anonymous - 2007-12-06

      Farsi-script azeri or cyrillic azeri?

      Which platform?

      Anyway, as long as you are using a good font and your language is enabled you should have no problem. Make sure that
      Format-Encode in UTF-8
      is selected

      If you still have problems, do this test: Save an azeri file in utf-8 and open it in Npp. Select
      Format-Encode in UTF-8
      That should work, otherwise there is a system problem.

      Also try the following test utf-8 file:

      http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ucs/examples/UTF-8-demo.txt

      It works here, and should work there as well.

      Finally, if you are using W98 then Npp may not suopport the old, pre-unicode encodings.

      Best
      Idris

       

    • Nobody/Anonymous

      Nobody/Anonymous - 2007-12-06

      I use azeri-latin(MS Windows XP SP2), and all of symbols are shown ok except 3-4 symbols like

      ə - ə
      ı - ı
      ş - ş

      I selected Format-Encode as UTF-8 and in Styler-Configurator selected Palatino Linotype font, which I am sure contains all that symbols. But result is the same ---- Question marks instead of that 3 symbols.

       

      • Idris Samawi Hamid

        Idris Samawi Hamid - 2007-12-06

        Ah, azeri-latin! (so many choices for Azeri).

        Your symbols show here in Npp. Assuming that there is no bug like the present one that affects Farsi (converting 06CC to 064A, fixed for scite but not yet for Npp), then your problem is almost certainly the Palatino font you're using.

        The reason that font may still work in Windows Notepad is because Windows still supports old encodings, and those symbols in your version of Palatino are probably encoded with an old encoding.

        Best
        Idris

        PS Azeri still looks best in Farsi script ;-)

         

    • Nobody/Anonymous

      Nobody/Anonymous - 2007-12-07

      Maybe in Arabian it would be looked even better. If you'll ask me, cyrillic was not bad at all. But since Windows 2000 supports Azeri latin standart we are using it. And Palatino Linotype, Arial, Verdana, Tahoma new version system fonts support that Azeri symbols. And several text editors such as Notepad, EmEditor and so on support new Azeri(Latin) input symbols. 

       

      • Idris Samawi Hamid

        Idris Samawi Hamid - 2007-12-08

        I installed the Azeri-Latin language for XP and can confirm that there is a problem here.

        I believe this MAY be another scintilla bug but I need to investigate some more.

        More soon.

        Best
        Idris