Re: Sinhala GNU/Linux

Hi Donald,

Before we continue any further, please answer these two questions with an explanation.

1. Can 0d85 encode a single Sinhala letter?
2. Can 0d9a0dcf encode a single Sinhala letter?

First say 'yes' or 'no' then explain why.

Donald said: "This is where the problem is. All characters need individual locations as done in past Mono type etc. (see letter press lead characters)"

No Donald, like I said before, this may have been the case a few decades ago, but it's not the case anymore. I am more than willing to explain this to you, but you have to be prepared to listen and participate by answering the two simple questions I asked.

Regards,
Harshula

On Mon, 2004-12-06 at 21:55 +0600, Donald Gaminitillake wrote:
> Dear Harshula
>
> SINHALA LETTER AYANNA = 0d85
>
> sinhala letter ka = 0d9a
>
> In your system with a joiner (in set B) + 0dcf AELA-PILLA and get
> "KA"
>
> "Dumriya" train :: with the set a you cannot get DU or RI correctly
>
> SLS 1134 does not talk of a "UNION" BUT Unicode 0d80-0dff
>
> Can you show me a document in SLSI where they define SLS1134 as a
> Union and gives all the locations.
> (even a photo copy of a page would do if you can send as an image)
>
> Now show me where is set C and D located in the unicode or in SLSI so
> that I can download as a pdf
>
> This is where the problem is. All characters need individual locations
> as done in past Mono type etc. (see letter press lead characters)
>
> Then you can have more Majic in Sri Lankas ICT.
>
> Best
>
> Donald
>
>
>
>
>
> harshula wrote:
> > On Mon, 2004-12-06 at 19:54 +0600, Donald Gaminitillake wrote:
> >
> > > Dear Harsshula
> > >
> > >
> > > I am Still at the same place: ( as you wrote -- word by word)
> > >
> > > SLS 1134 = Unicode 0d80-0dff locations (this is a the incomplete
> > > sinhala alphabet)
> > >
> > > Is this correct?
> > >
> >
> > Hi Donald,
> >
> > Absolutely not!
> >
> > SLS 1134 is the union of:
> >
> > Set A = Set A1 Union Set A2 Union Set A3 = 0d80-0dff
> >
> > Set B = 200C-200D
> >
> > Set C = Cartesian product of A2 and A3
> >
> > (Set C2 = Union of C and A2)
> >
> > Set D = a subset of the Cartesian product of B, A3, A2 and C2
> >
> >
> >
> > > I find your "set b" contains General Punctuation Range: 2000–206F
> > > this include
> > >
> >
> > No. Set B does not contain general punctuation.
> >
> > As I stated in my previous email:
> > "Set B consists of two elements, the magical ZWNJ and ZWJ"
> >
> > When I say that Set B consists of two elements, why would list all these
> > other unrelated elements. Set B consists of TWO elements, ZWNJ and ZWJ.
> >
> > Before we continue any further, please answer these two questions with
> > an explanation.
> >
> > 1) Can 0d85 encode a single Sinhala letter?
> >
> > 2) Can 0d9a0dcf encode a single Sinhala letter?
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Harshula
Received on Wed Dec 08 03:42:16 2004