L2/06-104 Source: Rick McGowan Subject: Konstantinov comment on Hebrew Maqaf Date: April 6, 2006 At UTC #106, I was directed to extract the following comment from the PRI feedback and submit to UTC for consideration at a future meeting. ---------------- Date/Time: Wed Jan 18 14:06:53 CST 2006 Contact: future@shiny.co.il Name: Ilya Konstantinov Report Type: Public Review Issue Subject: Feedback for Unicode 5.0.0: HEBREW PUNCTUATION MAQAF is a Dash-character Hello, I wish to propose two changes to the property of U+05BE HEBREW PUNCTUATION MAQAF: Change #1: General Category: gc=Po (current) --> gc=Pd Relevant data file: UnicodeData.txt Change #2: Binary property Dash: False (current) --> True Relevant data file: PropList.txt The Maqaf character, in Hebrew, serves the same purpose a Hyphen does in English: connecting words together (as opposed to separating as performed by the Dash). It also looks like a horizontal line, albiet placed in the letter's head rather than middle. This change will both: 1. Add to the correctness, and 2. Allow the folding rule which turns all gc=Pd characters into HYPHEN-MINUS to function on the HEBREW PUNCTUATION MAQAF character. This is called for, since in modern computerized Hebrew texts, the HYPHEN-MINUS is often used instead of HEBREW PUNCTUATION MAQAF, being easier to enter from a standard keyboard.