Re: Bengali: variants of same conjunct

[Antoine Leca]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> On 06/18/2000 03:12:13 AM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > Unless Michael Everson's idea of variant selector characters is taken
> > up, there is probably no way to specify this sort of thing in Unicode
> > without the use of additional mark-up.
> 
> The use of variant selectors is appropriate only in very special cases
> which do not include alternate Bengali conjuncts.

I understand variant selectors are only a proposal.

However, I remember to see them used to select accross the widely known
Devanagari designs (a, jha, retroflex na, tha, �a). Also same use allows
for the variants of the mandatory conjuncts (ksha and j�a).

Why can't they used then to select Bengali rendering forms? or the numerous
allowed variations, like Devanagari kra, �ri U+0936 U+0944, retroflexe tta
U+091F U+094D U+091F (can use zwnj though)...

Where is the limit drawn?


Antoine