Ar 01:00 -0800 1997-12-10, scr�obh Marc Wilhelm K�[email protected]:
>Somewhat belatedly I would like to comment on Michael Everson's mail on
>Coptic casing.
>
> According to my information Coptic is, contrary to what "Les caract�res
>de l'Impremerie Nationale" suggest, a caseless language.
> It is quite possible that in the course of this consultation the need
>for uppercase Coptic letters might reappear.
L'Imprimerie uses them in its printed materials, and some exist for Coptic
letters already in the standard. Therefore capital letters exist in Coptic,
even if they were not used in antiquity. The data exists. If we add more
coptic characters, we should add them with case. No user is required to use
them.
-- Michael Everson, EGT * http://www.indigo.ie/egt 15 Port Chaeimhghein �ochtarach; Baile �tha Cliath 2; �ire (Ireland) Guth�in: +353 1 478-2597, +353 1 283-9396 27 P�irc an Fh�ithlinn; Baile an Bh�thair; Co. �tha Cliath; �ire
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