On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:37:05 -0400 Swarup wrote: > On Thu, 2012-03-29 at 20:30 +0530, Runa Bhattacharjee wrote: > > On বৃহস্পতিবার 29 মার্চ 2012 07:38 , Swarup wrote: > > > > > > > > As I say, I will be delighted to discuss all these interesting > > > matters. But first, please help me to get a halant on the > > > character "ৰ". I am in pressing need to get this set up, and > > > will then be happy to discuss all the points. Someone here must > > > know how to put a halant on the character "ৰ" . This will be a > > > great help to me, and to many others who are eager to utilize > > > this bahara keymap. > > > > > > > > > WHY on earth would you want to add a halant to the Assamese 'Ra' > > to introduce it into a Bengali keymap as an character completely > > unknown to us? It is as good as adding a Gujarati character into > > the Hindi keymap and expecting your users to use it as some kind > > of decoration. > > Runa ji, I am not asking you to use it. I need to use it in my own > work. And I am in continuous contact with a number of Bengali > friends and colleagues who are also waiting for this very keymap. > My request is a technical one, stated above. This list is all about > facilitating the use of the various Indian languages in computer > environments-- and this keymap represents one such use. > > I repeat my earnest appeal-- some on this list are knowledgeable > about such questions as what I have requested. > > 1. I am in need of the character "ৰ" with halant.
The said char is encoded as 09F0 (defined for use in assamese, RA with middle diagonal), which you intend to use as BA (like Hindi ब ), and want like ब् now in keymap b is ("b" "ৰ") add halant it shows as you expect ("b" "ৰ্") There seems some issue with "ৰ" when some generic font (sans/monospace) is applied, ৱ (RA with lower diagonal) is displayed. With Lohit hindi/Mukti it shows properly Now for the issue of using a defined character (09F0) with a shape (ৰ) which has different use/sound in older text/conventions or similarity with devanagari ब , its your choice, even if it breaks existing semantics, as long as it suits your usage. But for a wider dissemination some mention is mandatory on the convention you are following. Sanskrit Slokas predate technology, perhaps best written in devanagari script, and for your use case of writing in Bengali script, the need for visual distinction between BA , VA is what I understand as reason for above hack. > 2. I need to get the characters ("Ru" "ঋ") and ("RU" "ৠ") working > in the keymap. 'R' is not mapped to any character, so it appears as is, with u/U giving the vowels. You could map ऋ or ঋ directly onto R with following change in mim file. ... ("N") ("O") ("P") ("S") ("T") ("R") ("U") ("Y") ... ("r" "র্") ("R" "ঋ") ("l" "ল্") ... with above change following are obtained. R ঋ Ru ঋ RU ৠ KRu খৃ KRU খৄ so you can play around with rules to get the desired combinations. Karunakar ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure _______________________________________________ IndLinux-group mailing list IndLinux-group@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/indlinux-group