K.G Sulochana wrote: > > It is proposed that the five pure consonants (Chillu > characters) in Malayalam > ( )be given separate code positions > in Malayalam Unicode block
Who is it that is proposing that these should be separate charaters? > In ISCII based applications, > three keys are used to form each of these characters as shown below. > [] > These characters are used/occur widely in Malayalam writing > (about 10% in normal writing). Also NUKTA (NUK) is not a > character in the Malayalam Script and not represented in > Malayalam Unicode. > > I would like to have expert opinion on this. If by expert you mean a member of the Unicode consortium, then it looks like you are not going to get one just yet :-( Whether TUCS4.0 will say anything on the matter I just don't know. My opinion is this: As the UCS is supposed to be modelled on ISCII, it should encode these characters in a similar fashion. I.e. with the use of ZWJ. ( see the example at http://www.exnet.btinternet.co.uk/uniprop/encoding.htm#ZWJ if you are unsure of what I mean). I can see nothing to be gained from coding these as separate characters Best wishes Andy
