Re: [Indic-computing-devel] Visual Ordering of Char Codes

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

--- "Tapan S. Parikh" <ta...@ya...> wrote:
> 
> >
> > >   [Note: You could possibly think of a character
> encoding where text
> > >    is encoded in "visual" order.  Some
> transliteration schemes for
> > >    indian languages use such "visual" order
> encodings. ]
> > >
> >
> >   this is like the shusha font scheme uses.
> >
> 
> But then this typically wouldnt match the user input
> order.  Do you do some
> reordering at the input level, or must user input in
> visual order also?

In fact there are many transliteration schemes in
existence. Susha is also one among them. In this scheme
user is expected to type exactly in visual order and no
reordering is done at the input level. There is one-to-one
mapping between character code and glyph code. However this
kind of scheme doesn't deal very well with complex Indic
scripts. However it is somewhat suitable for web
applications where rich typography is not expected and
emphasis is put on simpler solution. Unfortunately, it
breaks the standards.

Regards,
Keyur


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