bug#66470: 29.1; Provide Urdu input method

[Rahguzar via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>]

Hi Eli,

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

> It works in other input methods, such as chinese-array30, so maybe you
> should study what they do there.  Or maybe there really is a bug in
> quail.el, because this behavior seems to be rarely if ever used.
>

Thanks, I will experiment.

> But I asked about specific issues.  Are you saying that you are unable
> to track the mapping of _all_ the characters between UZT and Unicode?

Yes, that is that I was trying to say. I will try the Unicode mailing
list as you suggested.

> I think it is best to support the layouts shown on the Internet, but
> we could also have alternative input methods with other layouts, to
> let users pick what they like best.

Ok, I will add three input methods, two from the internet and another
one close to what I sent earlier.

> If you intend to work on these other scripts soon, we could start a
> new file for languages in Pakistan.  What I would like to avoid is
> having a separate file with just one or two methods, if for some
> reason the rest will never materialize in Emacs.
>

I do want to work on adding input methods for at least Sindhi and
Pashto. I don't speak them but there are keyboard available on-line so I
can copy them.

I think I should be able to do that within a couple of months.

> I suggest to try similar input methods, for example tamil-phonetic.  I
> find this guidance very simple to use and understand, so I think we
> should try to stick to it where possible.

Thanks, I will experiment, change the file to pakistan.el and send the
updated patch in a week or so.

Another question: will the input methods be available in 29.2 if added
in time or in Emacs 30?

Thanks a lot for help,
Rahguzar