From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Inserting ே and க்ஷ without the dotted circle
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2015 21:04:42 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83k2prm1th.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CABG-yt3xxviaghf+m7JYmSx7cB_qnwttiHXEJoCVs+EvLr3d4g@mail.gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2015 23:14:39 +0530
> From: Shakthi Kannan <shakthimaan@gmail.com>
>
> I am using fonts-lohit-taml-classical 2.5.3-2 font on a Ubuntu 14.10
> system. With Tamil Unicode character and GNU Emacs 24.5.1, I am able to
> enter ே and க்ஷ (க்ஷ = க + ் + ஷ) separately.
>
> #1 I have a word where I need both the characters put together, but,
> without the dotted circle. How can this be done?
AFAIK, only by turning off auto-composition-mode. That mode is on by
default. Of course, if you do that, you won't get க்ஷ by typing
க + ் + ஷ.
> I can open the font sources using FontForge:
>
>
> https://fedorahosted.org/releases/l/o/lohit/lohit-tamil-classical-2.5.3.tar.gz
>
> and when I click on U+0BC7, I see the glyph for ே, but, without the dotted
> circle. But, the definition in Unicode has the dotted circle:
>
> http://www.charbase.com/0bc7-unicode-tamil-vowel-sign-ee
So Emacs behaves correctly according to Unicode.
> #2 Where is this behaviour defined for such characters?
In lisp/language/indian.el, search for "tamil-composable-pattern".
> #3 Suppose I add a new glyph to one of the available Unicode slots in the
> font sources, where in Emacs should this be defined in order to use the
> same?
Sorry, I don't understand the question. You want this new glyph to be
available for a codepoint that is different from U+0BC7? Or do you
want something else?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-11-09 19:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-11-09 17:44 Inserting ே and க்ஷ without the dotted circle Shakthi Kannan
2015-11-09 18:55 ` Random832
2015-11-10 3:43 ` Shakthi Kannan
2015-11-10 12:31 ` Alexis
2015-11-10 14:27 ` Random832
2015-11-09 19:04 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2015-11-10 4:07 ` Shakthi Kannan
2015-11-10 17:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-11-11 5:52 ` Shakthi Kannan
2015-11-11 15:15 ` Random832
2015-11-11 16:12 ` Shakthi Kannan
2015-11-11 20:54 ` Random832
2015-11-12 15:55 ` Shakthi Kannan
2015-11-11 15:38 ` Re: " Eli Zaretskii
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