Re: [m17n-list] hi-itrans fix upadmAnIya and jihvAmUlIya

[K. Handa]

In article <address@hidden>, विश्वासो वासुकिजः (Vishvas Vasuki) 
<address@hidden> writes:

> > > > Description: Switch from ೱ ೲ to ᳵ ᳶ​
> > What is the reason of this chnage?
> > ​
> We were using the kannaDa characters for jihvAmUlIya and upadmAnIya as
> placeholders for devanAgarI ones (since they were not supported by many
> fonts). Now since font support for devanAgarI jihvAmUlIya and upadmAnIya
> has begun to improve, we're switching to the devanAgarI characters.​

I see.

> > > > Also, I never could type udAtta and anudAtta acecnts defined in
> > > > sa-itrans.mim to work. Can someone help?
> >
> > What character sequence should "udAtta" and "anudAtta"
> > produce?
> > ​​
> > ​The original idea was that:
>  '' should​ produce udAtta
>  _ should produce anudAtta

Ah, as this map:

 (udattta
  ("_" "॒")
  ("''" "॑")))

is not used in "init" state, you can type them only after
typing some other characters (e.g. consonants, independend
vowels).

If they must be typed at any time, please try the following
patch (including the map "udattta" in "init" state).


diff --git a/MIM/sa-itrans.mim b/MIM/sa-itrans.mim
index e92f256..f9ef1e8 100644
--- a/MIM/sa-itrans.mim
+++ b/MIM/sa-itrans.mim
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ For motivations and further details, see description of 
hi-itrans.mim.")
 (state
  (init
   (starter (pushback 1) (shift intermediate))
+  (udattta)
   (misc))
 
  (intermediate

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Kenichi Handa
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