Re: [m17n-list] About lsymbol.mim

[Vishvas Vasuki]

2016-01-20 7:03 GMT-08:00 K. Handa <address@hidden>:

I've udpated hi-optitransv2, but not yet kn-optitransv2, because the
latter removed "/." but not added "./".  It it intentional to remove
the map for inputing "॰"?

Ah  - good catch - re-added.

 

> and lsymbol.mim
> <https://github.com/sanskrit-coders/m17n-db/blob/master/MIM/

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lsymbol.mim> (added
> some symbols I [want to] use quite a bit). ​

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🙏

Thank you for the suggestion of new mappings.  But...

  ("->" "→")
  (">" "→")

I think two maps for the same symbol is a waste of keys.  Is it better
to reserve ">" for some other symbols?

​Why reserve?​ One can always reassign it to something else if some better idea comes up in the future. Till then, we can save a keystroke. That said, />> = → is not too bad - so up to you.

 

  ; face gestures
  ; hand gestures

What is the criteria for selecting those symbols?

General principle: ​Ideally a user should be ​able to type nearly every possible emoji / emoticon. However, when it comes to shortcuts, more frequently used symbols should have shorter keys (without sacrificing intuitiveness). Existing shortcuts from other products (eg: MS Office, Facebook) provide clues about what appropriate shortcuts would be.

​Now the question arises, how do we identified these frequently used symbols.​ There are several sources (all of which have to be considered):

* Statistics available online. Example http://www.scribd.com/doc/262594751/SwiftKey-Emoji-Report (guardian highlight) and http://emojitracker.com/ . Although, this is biased towards populations who are already tech savvy + have the time to type emojis easily and does not give as much weight to people who are just beginning to use IM/ digital communication.

* There are other indications of popularity - such as other products (say MS Office or Facebook or Google Hangouts, who would presumably have adapted towards user expectations) providing shortcuts for these emoji-s.

* ​To compensate for these, there's my daily observation of symbols and sentiments in my many interactions on Whatsapp (examples from today - http://i.imgur.com/uiHGjuS.png http://i.imgur.com/lGsv638.png), Facebook, other IM-s. 

If you're ok with the above, we could include these criteria in a comment in the ​lsymbol.mim file. 🙏

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Vishvas /विश्वासः