२४ एप्रिल, २०२०

Zero width joiner and non-joiner

The word वित्तवान can also be typed as वित्‍तवान  and वित्‌तवान using zero width joiner and non-joiner.  This is called "जोडाक्षराची उभी मांडणी" second is "आडवी मांडणी" and third is "सुटी मांडणी". Though all 3 are valid, use the first one only.  You can use 2 dash and 3 dash if using Pramukh IME to add joiner and non-joiner respectively.

Use these 4 steps to find and remove the joiners.

1) From Edit choose Find & replace.
2) In the find box type \u200D
3) Check "Regular Expression" box
4) Click the "Replace All" button.

Repeat the steps for non-joiner character  \u200C

In other words do not use either joiner or non-joiner while typing in Libre office writer. If you copy - paste the text from somewhere, use the steps mentioned above to remove joiners. Let the font take care of display. Use a font like yashomudra or Shobhika bold.

https://github.com/Sandhi-IITBombay/Shobhika

Note: 
1) "Non breaking space" \u00A0 can be replaced with regular space " " using find - replace. Do not forget to check Regular Expression option.

2) To change line breaks with paragraph marks, find \n and replace with \n while regular expression check box is selected.