Re: [m17n-list] Add arrows

[Kenichi Handa]

In article <address@hidden>, विश्वासो वासुकिजः (Vishvas Vasuki) 
<address@hidden> writes:

> On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 7:50 AM, Kenichi Handa <address@hidden> wrote:

> > And, as the original intention of ITRANS is not for typing
> > Devanagari,

I'm very sorry for that misunderstanding.  I was just taught
that ITRANS was originally for inputting Devanagari.

> In the same spirit, I want devanAgarI users to have as expressive and
> enjoyable a time as possible when typing. If a large number (not
> necessarily all or even a majority) of hindI and Sanskrit speakers love to
> use non-devanAgarI symbols in the midst of typing devanAgarI text - whether
> → or even emoticons ☺  - we should make that as effortless as possible. It
> does not matter what is or is not in some standard invented in 1990's.

But, there are many symbols and it heavily depends on each
person which is the important ones.  Someone want to type a
few kinds of symbols very effectively.  Some other want to
type a wide variety of symbols, so easy to remember is
important.

I'm now thiking about adding a mechanism to switch to and
back from another input method by a specific escape key
(e.g. "/"), and allow users to customize which input method
to switch by which escape key.

Then we can add various kinds of input methods for symbols,
and allow users to use what he prefers.

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Kenichi Handa
address@hidden