On 11/11/2002 05:42:15 AM Marco Cimarosti wrote: >Michael Everson wrote: >> I like to think of the long s as similar to the final sigma. Nobody >> thinks that final sigma should be a presentation form of sigma. > >Never say "nobody": I *do* think that Greek final sigma, final Hebrew >letters, and Latin long s should all be presentation forms.
I agree that Michael's "nobody" is incorrect. I've no opinion on the long s, but for sigma and Hebrew gimel, etc. we have legacy encodings that assume the finals *are* presentation forms. It means that, whereas we have a ton of custom encodings with presentation forms for which we neutralise when going to Unicode but need context-sensitive rules coming back, in the case of these Greek and Hebrew encodings, we need to neutralise distinctions going from Unicode to legacy, but need context-sensitive rules going from legacy to Unicode. It is what it is, though, and we're not suggesting any need to change. - 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]>
