> 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!