RE: Generic base characters

From: Kent Karlsson (kent.karlsson14@comhem.se)
Date: Wed Jul 18 2007 - 03:42:55 CDT

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    Sinnathurai,
     
    While I agre with you in principle, you:
     
    1) don't express it well, and
     
    2) put the blame at the wrong place.
     
    As to (1), I have a hard time seeing how *grammar* (even as "[The Tamil] Grammar") has anything to do with this.
    Use of the (Tamil) script is relevant, whether it is "standard"/"official" use, or more or less unconventional use.
    But that isn't grammar but orthography.
     
    As to (2), Unicode is underspecified at this point, but does *not* actually prevent the (proper) display you, and I, seek.
    Some implementation do prevent that, though. But the Unicode standard does not prevent it.
     
            /kent k
     
    PS
    I have no chance of following an argument written in Tamil... Sorry.

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    From: unicode-bounce@unicode.org [mailto:unicode-bounce@unicode.org] On Behalf Of Sinnathurai Srivas
    Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 12:03 AM
    To: Michael Maxwell; Kent Karlsson; Asmus Freytag
    Cc: Unicode List
    Subject: Re: Generic base characters

    Dotted circle does not indicate one has made an errro, but it indicates that this is a Unicode bug due to design errors.
     
    example:
    3.1.1 line2 at http://www.araichchi.net/tol/tol-ezuththaihaaram.htm
     
    Also Tamil Grammar specifically states that if longer than long vowels are needed then add/accumulate more of the required vowel
    characters.
     
    there for Unicode has a bug, by not allowing Grammar to take charge.
     
    Unicode acts against Tamil grammar, ie, pronounces the Grammar is wrong and Unicode method is correct. But the reality is that
    Unicode has a bug.
     
    Unicode unnecessarily creates problems for Indic writing.
     
    Thanks
    Sinnathurai

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