Arabic-L:LIST:Arabic Script Messages

[Dilworth Parkinson]

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Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson <dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu>
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Date: 12 Dec  2003
From:moderator <dil at byu.edu>
Subject:Arabic Script Messages

Hi,
Thanks for your responses about the Arabic script message.  Exactly 50  
of you responded.  38 received it in a readable fashion, and 12 did  
not.  I honestly could not tell why some were able to receive it and  
others not.  I didn't actually prepare the message, I just copied it  
from the message that was posted by the organization.  My guess is that  
it was UTF-8 encoded, since some people said that they could read it  
when they changed to that encoding.  It is also possible that it was  
either html or rtf encoded as well;  I currently do not know how to  
check that on messages, but I know that the program I use handles both  
formats.
Anyway, since 76% of you, more or less, can now receive readable Arabic  
messages, I will post them.  However, please be aware that about a  
quarter of subscribers will not be able to read them, so if you want to  
communicate with the whole list, you will have to post in English as  
well.
A further thing: posting the message prompted some of you to send me  
Arabic messages, most of which came out jibberish on my system.  I  
don't know why.  But I can only post messages that come to me in  
readable Arabic.  I'm quite sure that if I repost the jibberish, it  
will stay jibberish.  (I've included two messages with jibberish  
included in this set so you can get the idea.)  Your best bet, if you  
want to post Arabic from a PC, is to use a late version of Windows with  
the Arabic resources installed, and using Outlook or another compatible  
program.  If you are on a Mac, I believe you would need to use OS X,  
and probably the later version the better (10.3 is good).
If you want to find out if your system's efforts come out as Arabic on  
my system, you are welcome to send me a short message with Arabic in  
it, and I will respond back whether or not it comes out as Arabic on my  
system.
Dil
PS I decided to type a few lines of Arabic below.  The first one was  
typed directly into my e-mail program, and the rest were typed into an  
Arabic word processor and copied into the mail program.  You don't need  
to respond if the outcome is the same as what you told me before, but  
if it is different from what it was you told me before, I would like to  
know.  In the version I am sending out, the first line shows the  
incorrect punctuation placement of all the mac programs that are not  
specifically Arabized, and the other lines show the correct placement.   
This does not mean that they will come to you that way.
Thanks, Dil

هذا السطر كتبته في برنامج ميل. لا أعرف كيف أضع السطر على اليمين من داخل  
هذا البرنامج.   والسلام.

وَاللهُ أَعْلَم!
كتبت هذه السطور في برنامج "ملل" مستخدما  خط "جيزة برو".  ثم نسختها  
ووضعتها في برنامج "ميل" في "ماك او اس تن بوينت ثري".  كما قلت آنفا،  
الرسالة العربية السابقة لم أكتبها.
وشكرا.
دل باركنسون


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