Re: Key sequence for DEVANAGARI DOUBLE DANDA

[Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>]

>>>>> On Sat, 19 Aug 2023 18:06:53 +0530, Pankaj Jangid <pankaj@codeisgreat.org> said:

    Pankaj> In the Devanagari script, two symbols are frequently used in prose:
    Pankaj> । - DEVANAGARI DANDA
    Pankaj> ॥ - DEVANAGARI DOUBLE DANDA

    Pankaj> With the devanagari-inscript input method, the '>' key produces the
    Pankaj> DEVANAGARI DANDA. For convenience, could we introduce a key sequence
    Pankaj> where pressing '>' twice consecutively produces the DEVANAGARI DOUBLE
    Pankaj> DANDA?

    Pankaj> To my knowledge, there's no legitimate use of two consecutive DEVANAGARI
    Pankaj> DANDAs in the script, so this change should not introduce conflicts.

    Pankaj> I'm copying Sameer for his insights and assistance, given his experience
    Pankaj> with Indian scripts.

Something like this? Is this the only input method that needs a change?

Robert
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diff --git i/lisp/language/ind-util.el w/lisp/language/ind-util.el
index 71117deef56..34064a30ad8 100644
--- i/lisp/language/ind-util.el
+++ w/lisp/language/ind-util.el
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ indian-dev-base-table
      ?क़ ?ख़ ?ग़ ?ज़ ?ड़ ?ढ़ ?फ़ ?य़      ;; NUKTAS
      "ज्ञ" "क्ष")
     (;; Misc Symbols (7)
-     ?ँ ?ं ?ः ?ऽ ?् ?ॐ ?।)
+     ?ँ ?ं ?ः ?ऽ ?् ?ॐ ?। ?॥)
     (;; Digits (10)
      ?० ?१ ?२ ?३ ?४ ?५ ?६ ?७ ?८ ?९)
     (;; Inscript-extra (4)  (#, $, ^, *, ])
diff --git i/lisp/leim/quail/indian.el w/lisp/leim/quail/indian.el
index 70ea9290662..02a2c9a68d2 100644
--- i/lisp/leim/quail/indian.el
+++ w/lisp/leim/quail/indian.el
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ inscript-dev-keytable
      "k]" "K]" "i]" "p]" "[]" "{]" "H]" "/]" ;; NUKTAS
      ?% ?&)
     (;; Misc Symbols (7)
-     ?X ?x ?_ ">]" ?d "X]" ?>)
+     ?X ?x ?_ ">]" ?d "X]" ?> ">>")
     (;; Digits
      ?0 ?1 ?2 ?3 ?4 ?5 ?6 ?7 ?8 ?9)
     (;; Inscripts