On 03/05/2002 08:38:39 PM Kenneth Whistler wrote: >However, it might make sense to make an implementation guideline >that would constrain any such mechanism to double diacritics and >suggest that people move to generic markup mechanisms if they >need more.
That would address the problem of overgeneration I mentioned in another message, and would greatly increase the likelihood that font developers actually implement something. >My guess is that well over 99.9% of the use of these beasties >in what could arguably be called plain text is application of >diacritics over/under a digraph. Application over or under a tri- or >higher-order multigraph must be very rare indeed -- in part >just because anybody trying to use such things in print (or >on typewriters, or whatever) would have run into technical >difficulties and other pushback in the first place. Absolutely. - Peter --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Constable Non-Roman Script Initiative, SIL International 7500 W. Camp Wisdom Rd., Dallas, TX 75236, USA Tel: +1 972 708 7485 E-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
