Re: Grapheme clusters and backspace (was Re: Coding for Emoji: how to modify programs to work with emoji)

From: Richard Wordingham via Unicode <unicode_at_unicode.org>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 09:02:44 +0100

On Tue, 22 Oct 2019 23:15:57 +0000
Martin J. Dürst via Unicode <unicode_at_unicode.org> wrote:

> I think this to some extent is a question of "reality in the users'
> minds". But to a very large extent, this is an issue of muscle
> memory. If a user works with a keyboard/input method that deletes a
> whole combination, their muscles will get used to that the same way
> they will get used to the other case.

The issue is one of being able to edit the cluster. Large clusters
call out for editing rather than replacement.

Richard.
Received on Wed Oct 23 2019 - 03:06:10 CDT

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