From: Kenneth Whistler (kenw@sybase.com)
Date: Thu Mar 31 2005 - 14:39:19 CST
Philippe Verdy asked:
> Will there be updates for Chapter 6 and a new chapter for African scripts
> (including Ethiopic, and the new Tifinagh)?
Not for Unicode 4.1.
>
> For example, I can't see Tifinagh (or Georgian Nuskhuri, Silothi Nagri, Old
> Persian, Glagolitic, Buginese and New Tai Lue) in the 4.0 book chapters,
...because the 4.0 book chapters are the 4.0 book chapters, and have
not been modified.
> and
> the http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode4.1.0/ page only refers to 4.0.0
> book chapters, and then amendments.
This is standard operating procedure.
>
> I understand that a new book will not be published immediately (until
> Unicode 5.0?) with those additions, but or new encoded scripts and
> characters, we'd like to see at least a basic set of PDFs with a summary
> table of glyphs (and the table of names and known aliases or usages in the
> notes) with those additions,
Then please refer to the new Unicode 4.1.0 charts:
http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U2D30.pdf
and so on.
> instead of just refering to the DerivedAge.txt
> in the UCD. If there are reedits of the 4.0 book, it may be sold with an
> additional booklet with those additions.
No it will not be.
--Ken
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