From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#55694: [PATCH] Add support for the Batak scripts Date: Sun, 29 May 2022 15:07:36 +0300 Message-ID: <83y1ykk0dz.fsf@gnu.org> References: <835ylolsk0.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="2762"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 55694@debbugs.gnu.org To: =?UTF-8?Q?=E0=A4=B8=E0=A4=AE=E0=A5=80=E0=A4=B0_?= =?UTF-8?Q?=E0=A4=B8=E0=A4=BF=E0=A4=82=E0=A4=B9?= Sameer Singh Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun May 29 14:08:19 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nvHiU-0000az-W6 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 29 May 2022 14:08:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53304 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nvHiT-0002eD-HZ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 29 May 2022 08:08:17 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:60626) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nvHiE-0002dq-OG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 29 May 2022 08:08:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:45637) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nvHiE-0005Jz-F2 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 29 May 2022 08:08:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nvHiE-0007Jo-AO for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 29 May 2022 08:08:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 29 May 2022 12:08:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 55694 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 55694-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B55694.165382607328119 (code B ref 55694); Sun, 29 May 2022 12:08:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 55694) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 May 2022 12:07:53 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39534 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nvHi5-0007JS-I1 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 29 May 2022 08:07:53 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:38984) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nvHi4-0007JG-10 for 55694@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 29 May 2022 08:07:53 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:45282) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nvHhy-0005Gs-OC; Sun, 29 May 2022 08:07:46 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=MIME-version:References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From: Date; bh=8jQoarGA/E6gnYtsV8bj1JnAt6TYgToZD7TbXITuzco=; b=lpoa1pWtz3cNICJR8NIo xbI8vcBQZnj6DV2Tr3JPcNTicDHAcvMOhS32q7jMhvPqBz7FHBBXuAf7bT47LRNsMgA0OaeHTlg+j Wsv4VZ/ryzn30eh1bwHOSkl41uuMIN/aB29uDWfJzOZUnB2E/hP+EFlPOvNWpA+6J5vTWEzP/MPuo 9NC3XgVNZWYCcJII+4jRjHfwfDkHpXA3270jojsmyO0RI3VxqzszBXsTMbPEjXq43dYaQYGir4W0G bNuiyrRiElQS4cPGZh415+unLG+ggz8HGXmLdEyq0VsNsWmk6RCwBiVEseLwSPWfzZIiINKGOHsHJ qy77Dt4cpWqiZw==; Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (port=2245 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nvHhp-00046P-Th; Sun, 29 May 2022 08:07:42 -0400 In-Reply-To: (message from =?UTF-8?Q?=E0=A4=B8=E0=A4=AE=E0=A5=80=E0=A4=B0_?= =?UTF-8?Q?=E0=A4=B8=E0=A4=BF=E0=A4=82=E0=A4=B9?= Sameer Singh on Sun, 29 May 2022 17:14:57 +0530) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:233303 Archived-At: > From: समीर सिंह Sameer Singh > Date: Sun, 29 May 2022 17:14:57 +0530 > Cc: 55694@debbugs.gnu.org > > > This time the Batak scripts are added to Emacs. > > Since the Batak scripts are actually a collection of five scripts: > > Toba, Karo, Pakpak, Mandailing, and Simalungun. > > I think the above are _languages_, not scripts. They all used in the > past to use the Batak script for writing, but they aren't scripts. > > The term "Batak" is not just the name for its script, it is a collective term used for the tribes in Sumatra. > So adding "Batak" to the language name like the Batak Karo language or the Batak Pakpak language is also > correct. > Though not adding it also seems fine. I'd prefer to go with a shorter names, as they definitely are being used, see the Wikipedia article I mentioned. > Is this greeting common to all the languages using the Batak script? > I don't think so. So perhaps we should have several greetings, one > for each language? > > This greeting (Horas) is common in all but one language (Batak Karo). > Even though it is the same in Batak Toba, Pakpak, Mandailing and Simalungun, there are slight variations in > the way it is written. > But still they represeneting may be sufficientt just one Unicode block, writing one gre to show that this script > is supported. > Though we can also have multiple greetings, it is up to you. Let's have two greetings, by adding the one for Karo. > The input methods look almost identical, with a few minor deviations. > Are the differences real or are they mistakes? If they are mistakes, > we can have just one input method for all the languages using Batak. > And if the differences are real, can we still have only one input > method, where the different variants of the same ASCII letter are > selected by the user at typing time? It seems un-economical to have > so many input methods that are almost identical. > > Ok, I will merge them into one input method. Thanks!