Can QCAD handle a zero width character? If so, how?
Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 6:37 am
Many languages have characters that must be placed above or below other characters. Above and below here mean the place right above the highest point and right below the lowest point of another character. In normal text or word processor programs this kind of combinations can be made by typing the base character first and immediately followed by one of these zero width characters. It seems to me that QCAD can only always place a character next to the just previously typed character and with a constant width. This means we cannot type an x then a ^ to make an x hat. I have to include Thai texts in my drawing jobs which will be useless if I cannot do it no matter how good or complex is the drawing. My client would not accept the job. I will have no point to introduce the software to my students to change their habit of using pirate software such as Microsoft Visio or even AutoCAD.
I install QCAD on Ubuntu 9.04 and 9.10. Both of them work very well. However I could not find the source code of the program. So I could not evaluate myself to be capable of getting the result and that is why I ask this question here.
Regards,
Wijit.
I install QCAD on Ubuntu 9.04 and 9.10. Both of them work very well. However I could not find the source code of the program. So I could not evaluate myself to be capable of getting the result and that is why I ask this question here.
Regards,
Wijit.