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Re: [smc-devel] FW: Malayalam Cillaksharams (was Ya-phalaa)
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Baiju M |
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Re: [smc-devel] FW: Malayalam Cillaksharams (was Ya-phalaa) |
Date: |
Thu, 06 Mar 2003 04:22:23 -0500 |
If none of ZWJ and ZWNJ is specified after a virama it should be rendered as an
explicit virama.
ie., NA + VIRAMA (should render as NA+VIRAMA)
If we are adopting the new Malayalam Inscript layout propsed by Kerala govt.
(which has got single keys for 5 chillus ), Inputing chillus will be very easy
(It can impliment very easily by using Compose keys in GNU/Linux)
Regards,
Baiju M
On Wed, 5 Mar 2003 22:09:51
Andy White wrote:
>"This is part of the improvements to [the] Unicode [Standard] that have
>been made for [Version] 4.0"
>
>[...]
>> To reiterate our consistency in using this model, I will give you a
>> Malayalam example.
>>
>> NA + VIRAMA + MA --> NMA (a single conjunct)
>> NA + VIRAMA + ZWNJ + MA --> NMA (with a visible virama breve
>> above and between) NA + VIRAMA + ZWJ + MA --> NMA (with the
>> cillaks.aram virama curl)
>[...]
>> Michael Everson
>
>I have always advocated the use of the above mentioned rendering rules
>for Malayalam. However, people trying to Implement Malayalam in Unicode
>have periodically asked on this list the question of how to encode
>chillu forms.
>Due to the lack of any official response, those implementations that I
>have seen unfortunately do not follow the above rules.
>***If you have such an implementation, Especially anyone responsible for
>a rendering subsystem, please take note***.
>
>Andy
>
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