Advanced User Settings
As well as the User Settings, LaoScript 8 lets advanced users configure a number of other properties, by using the More settings... button in the User Settings... dialog:
Each advanced user setting is described briefly below.
| Advanced Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Lao on/off hotkey | System-wide key combination to enable and disable Lao keyboard mapping |
| Old code options | Select font coding for keyboard mapping and conversion when using non-Unicode fonts |
| Use ZWSP for break | Insert U+200B (instead of n-dash) as a hidden break code |
| Listed words at end of line | Control hyphenation of dictionary words |
| Prevent illegal key sequences | Help typing accuracy by preventing diacritic overstrikes and other illegal key sequences |
| Sorting sequence | Sort Lao using final consonant priority or vowel priority |
| Romanization | Select the style of romanization to use, and font for romanized Lao text |
| Thai to Lao word selection | Allow one or multiple Lao words for each Thai word (see Thai to Lao Translation) |
| Start with Windows.. | Control whether or not to start LaoScript 8 when logging on |
| Hide splash at start | Suppress startup display |
| Enable debug logging | Save debug messages to a log file, and optionally view that file |
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Notes on using old-coded fonts Support for using old-coded fonts is provided mainly for users with applications that cannot easily be converted to use Unicode fonts. For all new documents and applications, Lao Unicode fonts should be used. Some Add-In functions (e.g. Check Lao Spelling) may not work for all old-code types. Since ZWSP (U+200B) is recognized as a line-breaking codepoint by many more applications than n-dash (the break code used for these fonts by earlier versions of Lao Script for Windows), this code point has been added to the Lao95 and Lao2000 series fonts provided with LaoScript 8 as an alternative. (Selecting this option will not affect the display or use of existing documents.) |