bug#55694: [PATCH] Add support for the Batak scripts

["समीर सिंह Sameer Singh" <lumarzeli30@gmail.com>]

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Thank you, I will implement all these changes, also now is there any need
for five different language environments and news entries?
The only reason I separated them because of the different input methods.

On Sun, May 29, 2022 at 5:37 PM Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:

> > From: समीर सिंह Sameer Singh <lumarzeli30@gmail.com>
> > 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!
>

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