Re: Questions on ZWNBS - for line initial holam plus alef

From: Peter Kirk (peter.r.kirk@ntlworld.com)
Date: Fri Aug 08 2003 - 17:00:07 EDT

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    On 08/08/2003 13:56, Thomas M. Widmann wrote:

    >Peter Kirk <peter.r.kirk@ntlworld.com> writes:
    >
    >
    >
    >>On 08/08/2003 08:54, Philippe Verdy wrote:
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>>... Could there be another codepoint assigned that has
    >>>
    >>>these properties:
    >>>
    >>>20CF;ZERO WIDTH SYMBOL;Sk;0;ON;<compat> 0020;;;;N;;;;;
    >>>[...]
    >>>
    >>>
    >>But I'm not sure that ZERO WIDTH SYMBOL is the best name, unless you
    >>are suggesting other uses in which it really has zero width. Well, it
    >>might have in a case like line initial holam which shifts on to a
    >>following silent alef, but that is a rather special case.
    >>
    >>
    >
    >What would be a better name? ACCENT CARRIER?
    >
    >/Thomas
    >
    >
    Perhaps CARRIER FOR COMBINING CHARACTERS - not COMBINING CHARACTER
    CARRIER as that gives the wrong idea that this should itself be a
    combining character, it should not. 

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