--- scriptinfo.1.19.hxx	2007-09-27 08:58:02.000000000 +0000
+++ scriptinfo.hxx	2008-04-11 07:23:13.833000000 +0000
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ private:
     SvXub_StrLens aDirChg;
     SvBytes aDirType;
     SvXub_StrLens aKashida;
+	SvXub_StrLens aKashidaInvalid;
     SvXub_StrLens aCompChg;
     SvXub_StrLens aCompLen;
     SvXub_StrLens aHiddenChg;
@@ -116,6 +117,9 @@ private:
 
     void UpdateBidiInfo( const String& rTxt );
 
+	sal_Bool IsKashidaValid ( xub_StrLen nKashPos ) const;
+	void MarkKashidaInvalid ( xub_StrLen nKashPos );
+
 public:
     enum CompType { KANA, SPECIAL_LEFT, SPECIAL_RIGHT, NONE };
 
@@ -263,9 +267,21 @@ public:
                 The value which has to be added to a kashida opportunity.
     @return The number of kashida opportunities in the given range
 */
-    USHORT KashidaJustify( sal_Int32* pKernArray ,sal_Int32* pScrArray,
-                           xub_StrLen nIdx, xub_StrLen nLen,
-                           long nSpaceAdd = 0 ) const;
+    USHORT KashidaJustify( sal_Int32* pKernArray,
+                           sal_Int32* pScrArray, 
+						   xub_StrLen nStt,
+                           xub_StrLen nLen, 
+                           long nSpaceAdd = 0) const;
+
+/** Marks a kashida as invalid for the given text range.
+	Returns the number of remaining valid kashidas for 
+	the text range.
+*/
+	USHORT DropKashida ( xub_StrLen nStt, xub_StrLen nLen );
+	
+/** Clears array of kashidas marked as invalid
+*/
+	void ClearDroppedKashidas ();
 
 /** Checks if language is one of the 16 Arabic languages
 
@@ -303,6 +319,7 @@ public:
                                         sal_Bool bAllowInvalid = sal_False );
 
     static BYTE WhichFont( xub_StrLen nIdx, const String* pTxt, const SwScriptInfo* pSI );
+
 };
 
 inline void SwScriptInfo::SetInvalidity( const xub_StrLen nPos )