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    Incorrect display of Persian (5) characters

    • Article Type: General
    • Product: Aleph
    • Product Version: 18.01

    Description:
    Black diamond appears instead of five Persian letters within the Arabic alphabet :
    pe [U+067E]
    che [U+0686]
    zhe [U+0698]
    gaf [U+06AF]
    veh [U+06A4]

    Resolution:
    To be sure that all possible representation of these and other Arabic characters are correctly converted, 90 new lines should be added to this table:

    $alephe_unicode/marc8_ext_ara_to_unicode

    These 90 lines should be inserted between these two lines near the top of the table:

    0020 20 BLANK

    and

    06FD A1 DOUBLE ALEF WITH HAMZA ABOVE / ARABIC SIGN SINDHI AMPERSAND

    Here are the 90 lines:

    06FD 21 DOUBLE ALEF WITH HAMZA ABOVE / ARABIC SIGN SINDHI AMPERSAND
    0672 22 ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH WAVY HAMZA ABOVE
    0673 23 ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH WAVY HAMZA BELOW
    0679 24 ARABIC LETTER TTEH
    067A 25 ARABIC LETTER TTEHEH
    067B 26 ARABIC LETTER BBEH
    067C 27 ARABIC LETTER TEH WITH RING
    067D 28 ARABIC LETTER TEH WITH THREE DOTS ABOVE DOWNWARDS
    067E 29 ARABIC LETTER PEH
    067F 2A ARABIC LETTER TEHEH
    0680 2B ARABIC LETTER BEHEH
    0681 2C ARABIC LETTER HAH WITH HAMZA ABOVE
    0682 2D ARABIC LETTER HAH WITH TWO ABOVE DOTS VERTICAL ABOVE
    0683 2E ARABIC LETTER NYEH
    0684 2F ARABIC LETTER DYEH
    0685 30 ARABIC LETTER HAH WITH THREE DOTS ABOVE
    0686 31 ARABIC LETTER TCHEH
    06BF 32 ARABIC LETTER TCHEH WITH DOT ABOVE
    0687 33 ARABIC LETTER TCHEHEH
    0688 34 ARABIC LETTER DDAL
    0689 35 ARABIC LETTER DAL WITH RING
    068A 36 ARABIC LETTER DAL WITH DOT BELOW
    068B 37 ARABIC LETTER DAL WITH DOT BELOW AND SMALL TAH
    068C 38 ARABIC LETTER DAHAL
    068D 39 ARABIC LETTER DDAHAL
    068E 3A ARABIC LETTER DUL
    068F 3B ARABIC LETTER DAL WITH THREE DOTS ABOVE DOWNWARDS
    0690 3C ARABIC LETTER DAL WITH FOUR DOTS ABOVE
    0691 3D ARABIC LETTER RREH
    0692 3E ARABIC LETTER REH WITH SMALL V
    0693 3F ARABIC LETTER REH WITH RING
    0694 40 ARABIC LETTER REH WITH DOT BELOW
    0695 41 ARABIC LETTER REH WITH SMALL V BELOW
    0696 42 ARABIC LETTER REH WITH DOT BELOW AND DOT ABOVE
    0697 43 ARABIC LETTER REH WITH TWO DOTS ABOVE
    0698 44 ARABIC LETTER JEH
    0699 45 ARABIC LETTER REH WITH FOUR DOTS ABOVE
    069A 46 ARABIC LETTER SEEN WITH DOT BELOW AND DOT ABOVE
    069B 47 ARABIC LETTER SEEN WITH THREE DOTS BELOW
    069C 48 ARABIC LETTER SEEN WITH THREE DOTS BELOW AND THREE DOTS ABOVE
    06FA 49 ARABIC LETTER SHEEN WITH DOT BELOW
    069D 4A ARABIC LETTER SAD WITH TWO DOTS BELOW
    069E 4B ARABIC LETTER SAD WITH THREE DOTS ABOVE
    06FB 4C ARABIC LETTER DAD WITH DOT BELOW
    069F 4D ARABIC LETTER TAH WITH THREE DOTS ABOVE
    06A0 4E ARABIC LETTER AIN WITH THREE DOTS ABOVE
    06FC 4F ARABIC LETTER GHAIN WITH DOT BELOW
    06A1 50 ARABIC LETTER DOTLESS FEH
    06A2 51 ARABIC LETTER FEH WITH DOT MOVED BELOW
    06A3 52 ARABIC LETTER FEH WITH DOT BELOW
    06A4 53 ARABIC LETTER VEH
    06A5 54 ARABIC LETTER FEH WITH THREE DOTS BELOW
    06A6 55 ARABIC LETTER PEHEH
    06A7 56 ARABIC LETTER QAF WITH DOT ABOVE
    06A8 57 ARABIC LETTER QAF WITH THREE DOTS ABOVE
    06A9 58 ARABIC LETTER KEHEH
    06AA 59 ARABIC LETTER SWASH KAF
    06AB 5A ARABIC LETTER KAF WITH RING
    06AC 5B ARABIC LETTER KAF WITH DOT ABOVE
    06AD 5C ARABIC LETTER NG
    06AE 5D ARABIC LETTER KAF WITH THREE DOTS BELOW
    06AF 5E ARABIC LETTER GAF
    06B0 5F ARABIC LETTER GAF WITH RING
    06B1 60 ARABIC LETTER NGOEH
    06B2 61 ARABIC LETTER GAF WITH TWO DOTS BELOW
    06B3 62 ARABIC LETTER GUEH
    06B4 63 ARABIC LETTER GAF WITH THREE DOTS ABOVE
    06B5 64 ARABIC LETTER LAM WITH SMALL V
    06B6 65 ARABIC LETTER LAM WITH DOT ABOVE
    06B7 66 ARABIC LETTER LAM WITH THREE DOTS ABOVE
    06B8 67 ARABIC LETTER LAM WITH THREE DOTS BELOW
    06BA 68 ARABIC LETTER NOON GHUNNA
    06BB 69 ARABIC LETTER RNOON
    06BC 6A ARABIC LETTER NOON WITH RING
    06BD 6B ARABIC LETTER NOON WITH THREE DOTS ABOVE
    06B9 6C ARABIC LETTER NOON WITH DOT BELOW
    06BE 6D ARABIC LETTER HEH DOACHASHMEE
    06C0 6E HEH WITH HAMZA ABOVE / ARABIC LETTER HEH WITH YEH ABOVE
    06C4 6F ARABIC LETTER WAW WITH RING
    06C5 70 KYRGHYZ OE / ARABIC LETTER KIRGHIZ OE
    06C6 71 ARABIC LETTER OE
    06CA 72 ARABIC LETTER WAW WITH TWO DOTS ABOVE
    06CB 73 ARABIC LETTER VE
    06CD 74 ARABIC LETTER YEH WITH TAIL
    06CE 75 ARABIC LETTER YEH WITH SMALL V
    06D0 76 ARABIC LETTER E
    06D2 77 ARABIC LETTER YEH BARREE
    06D3 78 ARABIC LETTER YEH BARREE WITH HAMZA ABOVE
    0306 7D C SHORT E / COMBINING BREVE
    030C 7E C SHORT U / COMBINING CARON

    From issue resolution:
    This can be solved by configuration as follows :

    Adding the following lines to $alephe_unicode/marc8_ext_ara_to_unicode, between the first "0020 20 BLANK" line and


    • Article last edited: 10/8/2013