Using analysis and vernacular in the notes field

[B Kh]

I'm working with Sinhala texts (vernacular language, Noto Sans Sinhala) and English (Noto Sans) as my analysis language.

I would like to keep some notes about words in the note field for the entry. First question: Is that the right place to keep notes (I'm assuming so)

Second question: How can I make notes that include a mixture of English and Sinhala? Right now the English is fine but Tofu is showing for the Sinhala glyphs.

I have tried adding the Sinhala range to my English analysis language. In the interface it shows ? marks because the Sinhala glyphs aren't included in Noto Sans. And it doesn't fix the problem.

I have tried adding Sinhala as a second Analysis language and then in the note field I have both writing systems configured to be used. Still doesn't fix the problem.

I have restarted, etc.

What to do?

[ann_...@sil.org]

You can use English and Sinhala in the same (note) field.  If the note is for English text, select the Sinhala and choose the correct writing system from the toolbar.

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[B Kh]

English/French is not a good example because probably both fonts contain all the letters for both alphabets.

Here is what I see when I try that:

When English is selected, the English letters render but the Sinhala do not.

And when Sinhala is selected there is the opposite problem:

[BKhPali]

I see. That selection is at the character level not the field level.

That's awfully tedious. Without doing that the note displays fine in my dictionary view. I wonder why the notes field can't do the same.

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[Beth-docs Bryson]

In the dictionary view there is a fallback font being used.  The details pane shows you exactly the font you chose, rather than a fallback font.

In FLEx, there is a high value placed on tagging each piece of text for what language (and script) it is in.  If that isn't important for notes, you could certainly use a font that has both Sinhala and roman characters in it, for just that field.

By the way, I think you were also asking about Semantic Domains.  The best person to contact is Kevin_...@sil.org.  He can tell you a lot more about that.  And the list of domains is found in the Lists area.

-Beth

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[ann_...@sil.org]

No, that wasn’t as good example, but it works fir me with Hebrew tioo.  This example uses the Engkysh ws in both parts of the text:

This has the Hebrew ws applied to the Hebrew part of the text:

 

Please send me a backup of your project or if it’s on LexBox, what is the repository ID?

]Ann

 

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English/French is not a good example because probably both fonts contain all the letters for both alphabets.

 

Here is what I see when I try that:

 

When English is selected, the English letters render but the Sinhala do not.

 

 

And when Sinhala is selected there is the opposite problem:

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[B Kh]

Dear Ann and Beth,

Thank you so much for your time and explanations.

I understand now that the software is working as expected. And I realize there are so many design decisions that have to be made and users sometimes just have to adjust. 

When I mark up a note with the proper language, the dictionary view is greatly improved, so I will just go with that method.

This is really amazing software and community. I feel blessed to have found it. Thank you again for all your hard work!