Sinnathurai Srivas <avarangal at hotmail dot com> wrote: > ie, with rendering enabled one can not have ksh, but only x. > without rendering only ksh is possible and not x.
"Without rendering," neither is possible. As I tried to explain last July 22, the term "rendering" refers to the general process of mapping characters to glyphs. The process you are talking about is "complex rendering." > An analogy is > > en in English is a single consonant (though written as en), but > en in penguin is two independent consonants. How can "en" in "English" be considered a single consonant? It's pronounced [ɪŋ], a vowel (U+026A) followed by a consonant (U+014B). The g is pronounced separately: [ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ]. A better analogy would be: sh in hogwash is a single consonant (though written as sh), but sh in hogshead is two independent consonants. There may be merit in adding this new "x" character (or perhaps the problem could be solved with ZWNJ or ZWJ), but Michael is correct: although it's a good idea to discuss it on the list first, nothing will be considered for addition unless a proper proposal is written and submitted. -Doug Ewell Fullerton, California
