From: Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
To: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com>
Cc: 9336@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9336: 24.0.50; No way to input character #xbb4 using ta-itrans
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 10:46:31 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <tl7d3ekf7d4.fsf@m17n.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <814nzwom7o.fsf@gmail.com> (message from Jambunathan K on Wed, 28 Sep 2011 18:30:59 +0530)
In article <814nzwom7o.fsf@gmail.com>, Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com> writes:
> > I think we have not yet settled this issue:
> > "z" or "zh" for ழ
> My recommendation is that we don't make a one-off change.
> I am largely OK with `z' and `J' offered by you primarily because I see
> that entry listed in the table linked below
> http://www.aczoom.com/itrans/html/tamil/node5.html [1]
> I see that ta-itrans mappings in Emacs is largely in agreement with the
> mappings in the above table save for few characters [2]. So my vote is
> for aligning Emacs's table with AC's ITRANS tables. I concur with
> Vijay's comment that the choices made in AC's table are less than
> perfect [3].
> My little research, suggests that that there are multiple contemporary
> and competing implementations for ta-itrans. Under these circumstances,
> it is important that the Emacs' implementation stick to just a single
> system. It would be wonderful if we could get in touch with the original
> author of ta-itrans and understand the source of Emacs's mappings.
> When time permits, I will spend some time looking at some authoritative
> websites and try to form an opinion [4].
Ok, I agree. So, I'll close this bug.
>>> > That's strange. My Tamil Lohit font is Version 2.4.4 (older
>>> > than yours), and it displays the line for #0BB6 correctly.
> >
>>> Do you see heart-shaped strcutures in that line much similar to what you
>>> see in ta-itrans-1.png that I attached earlier?
> >
> > No, I attach my image file. I think that heart-shaped glyph
> > is actually U+25CC (DOTTED CIRCLE) used to display an
> > isolated combining character. Which version of m17n-db are
> > you using?
> I am on Windows XP. So I believe the equivalent of m17n-db is
> uniscribe.
> For the sake of record, the following messages suggest that #0BB6 is not
> properly rendered on Windows XP. It is apparently fixed on Windows
> Vista.
> http://unicode.org/mail-arch/unicode-ml/y2007-m07/0004.html
> http://unicode.org/mail-arch/unicode-ml/y2007-m07/0005.html
Thank you for the investigation. So, this is not an Emacs bug.
> [3] Emacs being customizable, I hope it allows for users to tweak the
> stock ITRANS table to suit his taste. For example, it should be possible
> for one to create custom ITRANS table based on the table at the bottom
> of this page.
Ok, I'll put it in my todo list, but at the moment, the
priority is low. And I think it requires considerable
time/work.
---
Kenichi Handa
handa@m17n.org
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-09-29 1:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-08-21 16:47 bug#9336: 24.0.50; No way to input character #xbb4 using ta-itrans Jambunathan K
2011-08-23 4:18 ` Kenichi Handa
2011-08-23 7:23 ` Jambunathan K
2011-08-23 7:55 ` Jambunathan K
2011-08-25 4:27 ` Kenichi Handa
2011-09-15 12:55 ` Jambunathan K
2011-09-16 7:26 ` Kenichi Handa
2011-09-20 10:51 ` Jambunathan K
2011-09-21 3:45 ` Vijay Lakshminarayanan
2011-09-21 4:14 ` Jambunathan K
2011-09-22 2:42 ` Kenichi Handa
2011-09-22 3:27 ` Vijay Lakshminarayanan
2011-09-22 2:23 ` Kenichi Handa
2011-09-23 11:21 ` Jambunathan K
2011-09-23 11:24 ` Jambunathan K
2011-09-26 7:08 ` Kenichi Handa
2011-09-26 13:53 ` Jambunathan K
2011-09-27 4:50 ` Kenichi Handa
2011-09-28 13:00 ` Jambunathan K
2011-09-29 1:46 ` Kenichi Handa [this message]
2011-09-29 1:51 ` Kenichi Handa
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