[mkgmap-dev] Index with Arabic names

Sun Jun 19 16:27:28 BST 2011

Hosam Arnous <hariov at gmail.com> wrote:

>Hi Steve,
>
>> I have now made a lot of progress and have something that works as
>far as I
>> can tell.
>>
>> I can now hit space, select one of the displayed names and it is
>found.
>
>I've tried the patches against r1969 and compiled the jar by myself.
>I confirm that the Arabic names are now findable in the "Find Places"
>window, but they are still unfindable using the correct letters in the
>"Find Nearest Places" window.
>
>
>> Also I forgot to add to the previous email that I have a ready
>> compiled jar at http://files.mkgmap.org.uk/download/30/mkgmap.jar
>
>Using this jar doesn't produce the same result. When I hit space in
>the "Find Places" window, Arabic names appear as questions marks.
>
>
>Regards,
>Hosam
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That's great. No idea why find nearest does not work. It does as far as I can tell. Does typing in a single letter do anything useful? Exactly how does it fail?

I'll remove the jar if it doesn't work.

..Steve 