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Re: Questions on ZWNBS - for line initial holam plus alef

Thomas M. Widmann
Thu, 14 Aug 2003 13:03:09 -0700

Peter Kirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> On 08/08/2003 08:54, Philippe Verdy wrote:
> 
> > ... Could there be another codepoint assigned that has
> >
> >these properties:
> >
> >20CF;ZERO WIDTH SYMBOL;Sk;0;ON;<compat> 0020;;;;N;;;;;
> > [...]
> But I'm not sure that ZERO WIDTH SYMBOL is the best name, unless you
> are suggesting other uses in which it really has zero width. Well, it
> might have in a case like line initial holam which shifts on to a
> following silent alef, but that is a rather special case.

What would be a better name?  ACCENT CARRIER?

/Thomas
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