[Indic-computing-devel] FW: Malayalam Cillaksharams (was Ya-phalaa)

[Andy W. <And...@bt...>]

"This is part of the improvements to [the] Unicode [Standard] that have
been made for [Version] 4.0"

[...]
> To reiterate our consistency in using this model, I will give you a 
> Malayalam example.
> 
> NA + VIRAMA + MA --> NMA (a single conjunct)
> NA + VIRAMA + ZWNJ + MA --> NMA (with a visible virama breve 
> above and between) NA + VIRAMA + ZWJ + MA --> NMA (with the 
> cillaks.aram virama curl)
[...]
> Michael Everson

I have always advocated the use of the above mentioned rendering rules
for Malayalam. However, people trying to Implement Malayalam in Unicode
have periodically asked on this list the question of how to encode
chillu forms.
Due to the lack of any official response, those implementations that I
have seen unfortunately do not follow the above rules.
***If you have such an implementation, Especially anyone responsible for
a rendering subsystem, please take note***.

Andy