Re: ASSAMESE AND BENGALI CONTROVERSY IN UNICODE STANDARD ::::: SOLUTIONS

From: Richard Wordingham <richard.wordingham_at_ntlworld.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 21:21:12 +0100

On Tue, 10 Jul 2012 08:24:23 +0100
Michael Everson <everson_at_evertype.com> wrote:

> Users of the code charts are usually programmers or font providers,
> who want to know things like "How do I make the kṣa ligature?" Those
> people need to know where KA and SSA are. ALPAPRAANA KAYANNA and
> MUURDHAHA SAYANNA are not nearly as useful to most users of the
> standard as KA and SSA are.

I think you'll find that most users of the names are people using
'insert symbol' and the equivalent in a character picker to insert
characters they don't know how to enter easily from the keyboard.

Richard.
Received on Tue Jul 10 2012 - 15:22:01 CDT

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