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From: Pankaj Jangid <pankaj@codeisgreat.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 55439@debbugs.gnu.org, Visuwesh <visuweshm@gmail.com>
Subject: bug#55439: [PATCH] Add support for the Modi script
Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 22:02:41 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87tu9lqy8m.fsf@codeisgreat.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83k0ahcyfa.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Thu, 19 May 2022 18:52:25 +0300")

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> >> We can just add this or something like this at the end of the above
>> >> paragraph - "Search for the script name of your language to see if your
>> >> language is supported."
>> >
>> > Sorry, I don't think I understand.  Could you explain how that text
>> > could mislead someone into incorrect conclusions?  Armed with that
>> > explanation, I think I will be able to understand your suggestion.
>> 
>> I will use the case of Devanagari to explain the proposal: a number of
>> languages uses Devanagari as the script---Hindi, Marathi, Bhojpuri,
>> Konkani, etc.  Pankaj says that one might not know that their language
>> uses the _script_ called Devanagari as people rarely speak about the
>> _script_ itself but more about their _language_.  At least to me, it is
>> far less natural to speak about the script a language uses; we mostly
>> speak of the language itself and refer to the script as "the way we
>> write X language" (note how I don't use the word "script" at all here).

Thanks Visuwesh for the explanation.

> Thanks.  So will the text below be better?
>
>   This is a list of ways to say hello using various scripts.
>   It is not intended to be comprehensive, but to demonstrate
>   some of the character sets and writing systems that Emacs
>   supports.  Look for the script used to write your language,
>   to see if it is supported.

Yes. IMO, this is better explanation. Just one question - in the first
sentence -- "ways to _say_ hello" -- will it be "say" or "write"? Or
anyone is okay?





  reply	other threads:[~2022-05-19 16:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-05-15 23:33 bug#55439: [PATCH] Add support for the Modi script समीर सिंह Sameer Singh
2022-05-16  7:00 ` Pankaj Jangid
2022-05-17 22:57   ` Richard Stallman
2022-05-16 11:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-16 23:25   ` समीर सिंह Sameer Singh
2022-05-17  9:49     ` Visuwesh
2022-05-17  9:57       ` समीर सिंह Sameer Singh
2022-05-17 12:11         ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-17 13:42           ` Visuwesh
2022-05-17 13:48             ` Visuwesh
2022-05-17 16:04               ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-17 16:05             ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-17 12:10       ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-17 14:10         ` Visuwesh
2022-05-17 16:06           ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-17 14:14         ` Visuwesh
2022-05-17 22:59       ` Richard Stallman
2022-05-18  0:14         ` समीर सिंह Sameer Singh
2022-05-18  3:08           ` Pankaj Jangid
2022-05-18  3:41             ` समीर सिंह Sameer Singh
2022-05-18  7:12               ` Pankaj Jangid
2022-05-18 12:51                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-19  3:14                   ` Pankaj Jangid
2022-05-19  7:12                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-19 13:40                       ` Pankaj Jangid
2022-05-19 13:58                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-19 14:31                           ` Visuwesh
2022-05-19 15:52                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-19 16:32                               ` Pankaj Jangid [this message]
2022-05-21  8:06                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-18 12:47               ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-18 12:45           ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-18 13:25             ` Visuwesh
2022-05-18 13:33               ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-18 14:58                 ` समीर सिंह Sameer Singh
2022-05-18 15:10                   ` Visuwesh
2022-05-18 15:23                     ` समीर सिंह Sameer Singh
2022-05-19 23:13                       ` Richard Stallman
2022-05-18 15:47                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-18 16:15                     ` समीर सिंह Sameer Singh
2022-05-18  4:33         ` Visuwesh
2022-05-19 23:13           ` Richard Stallman
2022-05-17 13:24     ` Eli Zaretskii

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