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Gareth Hughes wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">I know most syriacists working on Macs end up
using Mellel as their Syriac word processor. Does anyone happen to know
how that handles complex Unicode layouts?</pre>
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FWIW --- although I'm no Syriac scholar --- I tried your sample text
with the SAM (as you say) in Mellel ... and all the fonts come out the
same: no extension of the abbreviation marker.<br>
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Of course, I don't think I have the latest version of Mellel, either.<br>
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United in adoration of Jesus,
fr. michael gilmary, mma
Most Holy Trinity Monastery
67 Dugway Road
Petersham, MA 01366-9725
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