Re: Re: What constitutes "character"? New Problem

From: James Kass (jameskass@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Sat Nov 10 2001 - 18:56:48 EST


John Hudson wrote,

> >
> >ZWJ is the Zero Width Joiner and prevents the joining of consecutive
> >characters on output.
>
> I think mean ZWNJ (Zero Width Non Joiner) if you wish to prevent the
> joining of consecutive characters on output.
>

Illustrations in TUS 3.0 show consonant + virama + ZWJ = half form.
See Figure 9-7 on page 216, for example. ZWNJ seems to make more
sense here, but the standard calls for ZWJ.

Best regards,

James Kass.



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