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<p class=MsoNormal>FWIW: I mentioned that Windows can replace European digits
with any native digit set, and so the Arabic-Indic concern isn’t just for
the Arabic-Indic digits or the Arabic locales. The languages shipping
with this behavior out of the box are:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Arabic-Indic digits<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> All
Arabic locales (contextual)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Pashto
(always replaced)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Dari
(always replaced)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Arabic-Indic Extended Digits<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Persian
(contextual)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Devenagari Digits<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Nepal
(always replaced)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Khmer Digits <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Khmer
(always replaced)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I have also been led to believe (perhaps mistaken) that in
Kuwait (for one), the default behavior is wrong, and that it is preferred to
use 0-9 all the time instead of the Arabic-Indic digits.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Note that this behavior can be overridden for any
locale/language, including English (though I don’t know why you’d
do this for English).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>* Open intl.cpl (Regional and Language Options),<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>* select customize, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>* change the standard digits to something interesting,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>* change “use native digits” to “national”,
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>* click apply. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Immediately you’ll see a bunch of digits in windows everywhere
get replaced.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>So for further discussions I’d rather not limit the
discussion to “just” the Arabic-Indic set of digits.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>- Shawn<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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