From: Ted Hopp (ted@newslate.com)
Date: Thu Jul 31 2003 - 16:52:34 EDT
On Thursday, July 31, 2003 4:04 PM, John Cowan wrote:
> Ted Hopp scripsit:
> > I strongly prefer adding a holam male
> > (base) character as opposed to adding a new combining mark.
>
> For what reasons?
1. It corresponds to standard Hebrew grammar.
2. It would be simple and easy to explain to users, edit, handle in
keyboards, etc.
3. A combining mark for holam male would be applicable to a vav and only to
a vav. It seems needlessly complicated and arcane to create a combining mark
for the sole purpose of creating exactly one sequence that uses it.
4. A combining mark sequence would invite the creation of a new presentation
form (or else changing the decomposition of FB4B).
Ted
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