[Indic-computing-standards] Re: [Indic-computing-users] Unicode

[Keyur S. <key...@ya...>]

--- Sayamindu Dasgupta <unm...@So...> wrote:
> 
> Here is a nice resource - primarily related to Bangla though.
> http://www.exnet.btinternet.co.uk/

These documents are prepared by the foreign people on Unicode list. The FAQ
mentioned there is not part of Unicode standard bu it is there on Unicode
website for the benefit of people. I have noticed some ambiguity and wrong
information in the FAQ. For example, in the FAQ it has been written that
         ISCII:     Halant + Halant
         Unicode:   Halant + ZWJ

are equivalent, which is wrong. In ISCII, Halant + Halant is known as
explicit Halant and it produces result similar to Halant + ZWNJ in Unicode.
So instead of ZWJ, there should be ZWNJ. There are other corrections also.
I reported this in Unicode list but corrections have not be taken place
yet.

There was some interesting discussion going on Bengali script in Unicode
list. It was about Khanda-Ta and what people know as 'Zaphola'. Excuse me
if I am wrong. I am not Bengali expert :)

It seems that there is inadequate representation of Bengali script in
Unicode and still there are many issues to resolve. But that is certainly
possible in Unicode in one way or the other.

- Keyur


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