On Fri, 06 Apr 2012 12:08:34 -0400 Swarup wrote: > Namaskar, > > I thought that I should add here that I have been involved with work > supportive of Indlinux for several years. Perhaps all are aware of > the extremely popular Baraha program in Windows, used for typing > the various Indian scripts. In 2007 I approached Indlinux for help > with bringing the Baraha schema into SCIM. Gora Mohanty was just > wonderful; he came forward and took on the project, and after > making the keymap for Hindi/devanagarii we tested it extensively > together until it was perfect. The result of that work was the > hi-baraha.mim. Here reads the beginning of the hi-baraha.mim file-- > > ;; hi-baraha.mim -- Hindi input method mimicking the > ;; closed-source Baraha system > ;; Copyright (C) 2007, Gora Mohanty <g...@sarai.net> > ;; Table is courtesy of Swarup <dinban...@sprynet.com>, who > ;; put in a lot of effort into making this keymap happen. > > Following that, and at the request of several other Indlinux list > members, Gora also created similar Baraha-based .mim files, for use > with several other Indian scripts. > > I include the above by way of expressing that I am committed to the > same goals as others on this list, that of making the broadly > accepted standardized forms of the various Indian languages and > their scripts, available for use by all, in linux. > > On Fri, 2012-04-06 at 13:28 +0530, Mahesh T. Pai wrote: > > That said, I think you should take this up with the Unicode > > consortium; you are already advised by others to approach them. > > See the link below:- > > > > http://www.unicode.org/consortium/distlist.html > > > > The Indic list is, IMHO most appropriate. > > Here I would like to express that it is not our goal or intention to > spread this keymap including ৰ and ব throughout Bengal for use with > Bengali language typing. Ours is instead a specialized use with > regard to the typing of Samskritam in Shriiharsa lipi. It is for an > "in-house" project of my small team here. I do not want that anyone > should misunderstand this as a danger or a challenge to the > existing standard of Bengali-- this project is rather very > specific, relating to the typing of Samskritam. And because it is > not intended for general use, to approach the unicode consortium > likely represents a prolonged process whose scope is beyond that of > my intentions-- which are again that of a small, in-house project > for typing Samskritam. > > At the same time I will add that if any of you or anyone else has > need for this keymap, once made, for typing Samskritam in Shiiharsa > script, you will be most welcome to use it. > > Understanding my request for what it is--a limited-scope, > limited-use keymap designed for a small number of people typing > Samskritam in Shriiharsa lipi-- please kindly help me with my goal > of getting BA (ৰ) to work in my bn-baraha.mim file. I support the > dignified and noble standardized goals which Indlinux has, and wish > to request your help with this specialized task I have, so that I > may move ahead with this in-house project of typing Samskritam in > Shriiharsa script. > > Having understood that it is neither good neither possible to use > the code U+09F0 for Bangla BA, I have left this idea. The work of > establishing the standard of Unicode Bangla and Unicode Assamese > must not be disrupted. > > Using a different technique I need to get the glyph of shape "ৰ" to > work with other consonants to form the proper conjuncts. Two > possibilities: > > 1) Perhaps as suggested, we could use a code which is a normal > consonant and gives behaviour similar to VA/BA. Only in the font > the shape will be like BA and not the character itself. > > 2) Another thought is to define the BA in private use area of > Unicode with some value, and within the font define it and give > rules similar to VA. >
Ok, let me give this a try.. using a code in PUA would be better, so as not to break existing stuff. Will update in 2-3 days. Meanwhile list the combinations you would like to see. Also perhaps could discuss this further off list. Karunakar ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 _______________________________________________ IndLinux-group mailing list IndLinux-group@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/indlinux-group
