https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38238

--- Comment #14 from Siddhartha Ghai <[email protected]> 2012-07-22 
19:43:01 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #11)
> 1. Just to make sure: ॐकार and ओंकार are both valid?
> 
> 2. I can easily make auMsa->औंस and AUM->ॐ work, but will this finally cover
> all the cases? Is anybody familiar with a comprehensive standard on which I
> would be able to base our mapping? Is ITRANS comprehensive, for example?

As per the discussion on hi-wp village pump, the following words use औं:
औंधा
औंगारी सूर्य मंदिर [1]
औंराडीह गाँव, गुरुआ (गया) [2]
औंकोलोजी (oncology)

Clearly, औं is also used in hindi, and the submitted patch[3] won't solve the
problem.

Also, AUM won't solve the problem either, since that is for आऊं which in itself
is a popular (mis)spelling of the word आऊँ and can be used to write the word
आऊंगा (correct spelling आऊँगा).

Although I want to have an easy input method for inputting ॐ, I am wondering
how much it is actually used in regular text, and if a direct input for it is
needed (or it can be handled in the editing tools shown below the edit-window).
I'll be asking the same at hi-wp discussion [4]. Shantanoo, is it used
regularly in Marathi or rarely?

[1]
http://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%94%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0
[2]
http://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%94%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B9_%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%81%E0%A4%B5,_%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%86_(%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE)
[3] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/15846/
[4]
http://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%8C%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2#.E0.A4.A8.E0.A4.BE.E0.A4.B0.E0.A4.BE.E0.A4.AF.E0.A4.AE_.E0.A4.AE.E0.A5.87.E0.A4.82_.E0.A5.90_.E0.A4.95.E0.A5.87_.E0.A4.B2.E0.A4.BF.E0.A4.AF.E0.A5.87_.E0.A4.87.E0.A4.A8.E0.A4.AA.E0.A5.81.E0.A4.9F_.E0.A4.AE.E0.A5.87.E0.A4.82_.E0.A4.AA.E0.A4.B0.E0.A4.BF.E0.A4.B5.E0.A4.B0.E0.A5.8D.E0.A4.A4.E0.A4.A8

--- Comment #15 from Shantanoo <[email protected]> 2012-07-23 20:55:28 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #14)

> Although I want to have an easy input method for inputting ॐ, I am wondering
> how much it is actually used in regular text, and if a direct input for it is
> needed (or it can be handled in the editing tools shown below the 
> edit-window).
> I'll be asking the same at hi-wp discussion [4]. Shantanoo, is it used
> regularly in Marathi or rarely?

It is used rarely.
IMO, putting in editing tools should be fine. But, I am not sure regarding how
one can use it for the 'search box'. There is not edit toolbox for entering
text in search box.

How about pre and post fixing '_' (or any other combination with pre and/or
post fixing) to have rarely used characters (but important)?

e.g. _aum_ or _#aum or __aum or aum## or (aum) or any other combination.

or as suggested on hiwiki,
'_M' will be 'ं' and should not be combined with other sequence. (Instead of
'_' some other character may be used. _italics_ )
This can be extended to 'अे' (a_e), 'अै' (a_ai).

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