

You can display a combination of Thai and English characters using the four Thai fonts included in this release. If the character shares a display cell, the entire display cell will be highlighted. When you move the cursor in a Terminal window, if there is only one character in a display cell, the cursor will be highlighted in theĬell. Cursor Movement in a Terminal Window ( dtterm)Ĭursor movement in a Terminal window is slightly different from editing text in one of the Thai CDE tools using text widgets (such as dtpad). However, because there is frequently more than one Thai character in a display cell, the cursor does The cursor physically moves only between display cells. The multiple display levels of the Thai language may seem to cause unusual cursor movement in dtpad (text editor) windows. Cursor Movement in an Editor Window ( dtpad) When a display cell is selected, all characters within the display cell (spacing and non-spacing) are selected. Text Selection, Copy/Paste, and Drag-and-Drop The non-spacing character is displayed in the last display cell of the previous line, and the cursor location remains unchanged. Is typed at the same point, the cursor does not advance to the next line. For example, when a forward spacing character is typed in the last column of a line, the cursor advances to the next line.
#TEXTUAL MANIPULATION SOFTWARE#
In Solaris 7 TLE character wrapping is done at the display cell, and the TLE software compensates for non-spacing characters when wrapping a line. This makes correct character wrapping difficult because of the combinations of spacing and non-spacing characters.

There are no delimiters (spaces) between words in Thai. Therefore, it is displayed in the previous cell. MAIHUNAKAT can be composed with NONU (consonant class CONS). Figure D-3 Logical Buffer and Display Before Text Deletionįigure D-4 Logical Buffer and Display After Text Deletion The following example shows the deletion of SARA_II (AV3 vowel). MAIHUNAKAT cannot be composed with SARA_II, so it must be displayed in its own cell. Figure D-1 Logical Buffer and Display Before Text Insertionįigure D-2 Logical Buffer and Display After Text Insertion The following graphics show the sequence of inserting MAIHUNAKAT (AV2 vowel) between SARA_II (AV3 vowel) and YOYAK (consonant). Inserting and deleting Thai characters changes the display of the text, depending on whether the character classes can be composed.
#TEXTUAL MANIPULATION HOW TO#
This section describes how to work with Thai text, specifically, how to:

The message window at the base of each tool displays the current input language. To toggle a window between English and Thai or Thai and English, press Ctrl+spacebar. You may need to intersperse Thai and English text in the same file. This section explains the mechanics of manipulating Thai characters.
