From: Kenneth Whistler (kenw@sybase.com)
Date: Wed Mar 02 2005 - 13:56:18 CST
Gregg Reynolds asked:
> I see in the new version that teh marbuta (0629) is still listed as
> right-joining. This is arguably incorrect with respect to written
> Arabic (or at least not such good design); it would be more usefully
> construed as a dual joiner. I don't know how it plays in other
> languages that use the Arabic script.
>
> Has this been addressed before? I took a quick look around the website
> and didn't find anything. Well, ok, a very quick look. Sorry if I
> missed it.
Yes. See 101-C30 and 101-A106 in:
http://www.unicode.org/consortium/utc-minutes/UTC-101-200411.html
The final resolution of this is still pending for the 4.1.0
data files, but the issue is being tracked.
--Ken
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