I have tried a lot, but where can I find tainka on the Leopard's default
layout?
On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 7:19 PM, Amanpreet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On ੨੩-੦੭-੨੦੦੮, at ੦੩:੩੬ ਸਵੇਰੇ,
> Sukhjinder Sidhu wrote:
>
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I'm currently talking to a developer at Apple to highlight problems
> > with Gurmukhi support on the Mac. I've highlighted the issues
> > below, but if you have anything to add, please let me know.
> > Especially concerned with locale issues (stuff like day + month
> > names that still haven't been fixedin CDLR).
> >
>
> CDLR is bad to fix it, I tried many time to update, but no result
> after all:-(
>
> >
> > My initial list of issues is this:
> >
> > * Gurmukhi MT (GMT) appears to be a font of very poor quality on my
> > screen, especially at smaller text sizes, although this is a
> > cosmetic issue and doesn't affect functionality. Windows' Raavi
> > font is a quite substantially better font.
> >
> > * GMT is missing 0A33 (LLA), 0A01 (Adak Bindi) and 0A03 (Visarga),
> > which have been in Unicode for a number of years now - especially LLA.
> >
> > * GMT is also now missing 0A51 (Udaat) and 0A75 (Yakash) added in
> > Unicode 5.1.
> >
> > * GMT does not include the full set of conjuncts specified on
> > Unicode 5.0 Ch09 p319.
> >
> > * Dda (ਡ) + Nukta is converted to Rra (ੜ), and Ddha (ਢ) + Nukta
> > is converted to Rrha (ੜ੍ਹ). These are incorrect conversions
> > and are probably a reminant of the ISCII standard used in
> > MacGurmukhi. The two sequences are not canonically equivalent in
> > the Unicode standard, and as such, the conversion should be removed.
> >
> > * The ATSUI rendering engine does not specifically prevent incorrect
> > independent vowel signs and vowel sign sequences as specified in
> > Unicode 5.0 Ch09 p318.
> >
> > * ATSUI does not prevent the incorrect placement of vowel signs, or
> > the doubling up of vowel signs like Uniscribe does. For example: ਿ
> > + ਰ (ਿਰ) is the same as ਰ + ਿ (ਰਿ) visually on a Mac.
> > This is extremely problematic because classic font-based Gurmukhi is
> > typed the first way, although in Unicode, only the second sequence
> > is really considered valid. The first sequence will show with a
> > dotted circle in Linux/Windows.
> >
>
> I filed this issue to Apple bug application, but yet not got any reply
> Issue: 6030773 (
> https://bugreport.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/RadarWeb.woa/56/wo/j2yqG6pDNtCl6I1QonbN9w/4.57.20.0.3
> )
>
>
> > * The QWERTY Gurmukhi keyboard appears to be missing Dda (ਡ) and
> > Ddha (ਢ)!
>
> what about Updated Layout (Refined Inscript) Layut - aka Jhelum to
> include in Mac?
>
> Thanks
> Aman
> http://alamwalia.blogspot.com
>
>
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