Re: [sinhala-technical] #defines for Sinhala codepoints

[Harshula <har...@gm...>]

Hi,

Here's the latest version from 2 weeks ago, it's still a
work-in-progress:
http://cvs.savannah.nongnu.org/viewvc/*checkout*/sinhala/patches/x11proto-keysymdef.h-add-sinhala.patch?root=sinhala

Asanka, can LTRL have a look at the #defines and recommend improvements?
The requirements are below.

cya,
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On Tue, 2008-04-08 at 02:48 +1000, Harshula wrote: 
> Hi,
> 
> I've attached two files, both incomplete, that I was working on but gave
> up on in 2005. It will be great to get some input from others.
> 
> REQUIREMENTS
> ============
> 
> 1) The #defines should be as short/concise as possible.
> 2) Try and make the #defines visually unambiguous.
> 3) We have to get it right the first time. These are #defines, so once
> we define them, it's unlikely we'll be allowed to change them.
> 4) Use ASCII characters.
> 
> ISSUES
> ======
> 
> a) I abandoned the fullnames version because they were ridiculously
> long.
> 
> b) I then used the Unicode chart's shortnames, but how should we
> differentiate between an independent vowel and a dependent vowel?
> - Using case sensitivity to differentiate might be frowned upon.
> - I tried adding "_pilla" for D/Vs but that made the name longer.
> - I could add a suffix of "_p" for D/Vs.
> - How should we name vocalic I/Vs and D/Vs?
> 
> cya,
> #