Re: Input of Unicode characters

From: Christopher John Fynn (cfynn@dircon.co.uk)
Date: Sun Nov 21 1999 - 05:48:37 EST


Does Unicode include "the Extended Characters for Vedic" listed in Annex G
of Indian Standard IS 13194 : 1991 (ISCII)?

In that standard these characters are named as follows:
Visarga1, Filler, Yajurvedic Anusvara1, Yajurvedic Anusvara2, Shukla
Yajurvedic Anusvara, Yajurvedic Anusvara3, Yajurvedic Anusvara4, Jivamuliya,
Krishna Yajurvedic Anusvara, Krishna Yajurvedic Long Anusvara, Yajurvedic
Anusvara5, Yajurvedic Anusvara6, Yajurvedic Anusvara7, Long Kampa, Short
Kampa
Jatya Svarita-Atharvaveda, Svarita, Long Svarita, Anudatta, Jatya Svarita
Shukla Yajurveda, Jatya Svarita, Shukla Maitrayaniya, Sentance ending
Udatta, Jatya Svarita non-Taittirya Yajurveda, Svarita Maitrayaniya, and
Anudatta Kathaka.

These characters are outside the normal 8-bit encoding space of ISCII and in
that standard must be accessed by use of the ISCII Extension code character
(F0).

- Chris



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