From: Krishna Birth (krishnabirth@gmail.com)
Date: Sun Sep 19 2010 - 13:39:35 CDT
Correction:
Could 7 characters to one कey be possible?
On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 7:37 PM, Krishna Birth <krishnabirth@gmail.com>wrote:
> The diacritics are usually typed with non-diacritic letter. It would be
> nice to have facility to use both in convenient way e.g. toggling with a
> Fonts कey by permanently turning the Caps Locक to a Fonts कey.
>
> Could this be done - When this Fonts कey is pressed with a letter कey it
> toggles to diacritic letter 1 or 2 or 3 (depending on how many diacritics
> are there connected with a 'target' letter) - this toggling will need to
> factor in a 'remain at same spot' and toggle these diacritics feature. When
> the Fonts कey is released then the cursor would move to the next base.
>
> Here are the target letters, the diacritics connected with them and the URL
> with more info about them:
>
> A
> Ā = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/0100/index.htm
> a
> ā = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/101/index.htm
>
> D
> Ḍ = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/1e0c/index.htm
> d
> ḍ = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/1e0d/index.htm
>
> H
> Ḥ = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/1e24/index.htm
> h
> ḥ = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/1e25/index.htm
>
> I
> Ī = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/12a/index.htm
> i
> ī = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/12b/index.htm
>
> L
> Ḷ = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/1e36/index.htm
> l
> ḷ = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/1e37/index.htm
>
> L
> L̐ = http://pastehtml.com/view/1az9crq.html - http://bit.ly/doq30H
> l
> l̐ = http://pastehtml.com/view/1az92sb.html - http://bit.ly/chipOw
>
> M
> Ṁ ̇= http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/1e40/index.htm
> m
> ṁ = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/1e41/index.htm
>
> N
> Ñ = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/d1/index.htm
> n
> ñ = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/f1/index.htm
>
> N
> Ṇ = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/1e46/index.htm
> n
> ṇ = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/1e47/index.htm
>
> N
> Ṅ = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/1e44/index.htm
> n
> ṅ = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/1e45/index.htm
>
> R
> Ṛ = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/1e5a/index.htm
> r
> ṛ = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/1e5b/index.htm
>
> R
> Ṝ = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/1e5c/index.htm
> r
> ṝ = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/1e5d/index.htm
>
> S
> Ṣ = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/1e62/index.htm
> s
> ṣ = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/1e63/index.htm
>
> S
> Ś = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/15a/index.htm
> s
> ś = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/15b/index.htm
>
> T
> Ṭ = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/1e6c/index.htm
> t
> ṭ = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/1e6d/index.htm
>
> U
> Ū = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/016a/index.htm
> u
> ū = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/16b/index.htm
>
>
> Referring to the above 32 diacritics, in theory a diacritic letter could
> have up to 7 diacritics 'sign' variations per letter:
>
> 1. Macron
> 2. Dot Below
> 3. Candrabindu
> 4. Dot Above
> 5. Tilde
> 6. Dot Below & Macron
> 7. Acute
>
> and 2 diacritics 'case' (lower/upper sizes) variations per letter
> - in 'total' up to 14 diacritics variations altogether per letter
>
> In actuality, the maximum letter n/N has 6 diacritics sign/case variations
> and a/A only has 2 diacritics sign/case variations.
>
> Thus if you can turn the Caps Locक into a Fonts कey that can allow up to 7
> diacritics variations using this toggle approach:
>
> Fonts कey press + letter कey tap once = diacritic letter 1st variation
> (sign/case)
>
> Fonts कey press + letter कey tap twice = diacritic letter 2nd variation
> (sign/case)
>
> Fonts कey press + letter कey tap thrice = diacritic letter 3rd variation
> (sign/case)
>
> Fonts कey press + letter कey tap four times = diacritic letter 4th
> variation (sign/case)
>
> Fonts कey press + letter कey tap five times = diacritic letter 5th
> variation (sign/case)
>
> Fonts कey press + letter कey tap six times = diacritic letter 6th variation
> (sign/case)
>
> Fonts कey press + letter कey tap seven times = diacritic letter 7th
> variation (sign/case)
>
> The above does not require the case कey (arrow upwards) to be used because
> the above has both lower and upper letters.
>
> If you feel that 'case कey' producing upper case letters should be used
> just as it is with non-diacritic letters, then fine. Thus this would mean:
>
> - 50 percent variations of the above toggle with Fonts कey press + letter
> कey tap for lower case letters, and
>
> - other 50 percent variation of the above toggle Fonts कey press + letter
> कey tap + caps कey for upper case letters.
>
> "if you assign Mode_switch and ISO_Level3_Shift to different keys, you can
> assign up to six characters to one key!"
> see http://tr.opensuse.org/SDB:Using_the_Extra_Keys_on_the_Keyboard
> Does this mean it is possible? Could 7 कeys to one कey be possible?
>
> Features to consider for the Fonts कey development:
>
> 1. Toggle other कeyboard mapped layouts for example, languages and
> diacritics.
> 2. Access other fonts through toggling (Fonts कey + another कey) without
> needing going every time to the particular application's micro layer.
> 3. Design more styles per letter and/or partner with other fonts and thus
> more styles on a font and accessing them through toggling (Fonts कey +
> another कey) without needing to go to application's micro layer.
> It would be nice to have you on board and get these things done.
>
>
> Best,
>
>
> Meeकu
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