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

From: Peter Kirk (peter.r.kirk@ntlworld.com)
Date: Mon Aug 11 2003 - 14:00:42 EDT

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    On 11/08/2003 08:39, Doug Ewell wrote:

    >Peter Kirk <peter dot r dot kirk at ntlworld dot com> wrote:
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    >>Thank you, Ken. Well, you make it sound as if the problems are
    >>minimal, and that version I can just about accept. But if Philippe is
    >>correct about what he says about UAX#29 and UAX#14, there are some
    >>more serious problems. It is certainly highly inappropriate for
    >>non-spacing diacritics to be considered word boundaries.
    >>
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    >Non-spacing diacritics had better not be word boundaries, otherwise a
    >string like Québec (spelled with U+0301, as here) would be considered
    >two words. I don't have time right now to look up the relevant
    >properties and UAX's, but I sincerely hope this is just another
    >"Philippe mistake" and not a general misinterpretation that anyone might
    >make.
    >
    >-Doug Ewell
    > Fullerton, California
    > http://users.adelphia.net/~dewell/
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    I think this may be a "Peter mistake". I meant to refer to spacing
    diacritics. Sorry.

    It is certainly highly inappropriate for spacing diacritics to be considered word boundaries.

    -- 
    Peter Kirk
    peter@qaya.org (personal)
    peterkirk@qaya.org (work)
    http://www.qaya.org/
    


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