Theo Veenker asked:
> I don't know if this is the right place to ask this question, but
> I'll ask it anyway. I'm updating my software for the UCD 3.2.0 (beta)
> files, but in file ArabicShaping-5d2.txt at line 202 I read
>
> 0718; WAW; R; SYRIAC WAW
>
> where "SYRIAC WAW" represents the joining group.
> Is this correct, or should it just read "WAW"?
No, this was a deliberate fix to an earlier error. The Syriac waw and
the Arabic waw are not in the same shaping class. It was an error to
have included the Syriac waw in the Arabic waw class in earlier versions
of the file. The error resulted from the inadvertant overlap of the
names of the letters:
Arabic: ALEF BEH ... MEEM NOON HEH WAW ...
Syriac: ALAPH BETH ... MIM NUN HE WAW ...
>
> Another question, when can I expect a new edition of the unicode book?
Unicode 4.0 is scheduled for sometime next year. Late in the year
is now looking likelier than early in the year.
--Ken
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