From: Peter_Constable@sil.org
Date: Mon Nov 11 2002 - 09:00:28 EST
On 11/11/2002 05:42:15 AM Marco Cimarosti wrote:
>Michael Everson wrote:
>> I like to think of the long s as similar to the final sigma. Nobody
>> thinks that final sigma should be a presentation form of sigma.
>
>Never say "nobody": I *do* think that Greek final sigma, final Hebrew
>letters, and Latin long s should all be presentation forms.
I agree that Michael's "nobody" is incorrect. I've no opinion on the long
s, but for sigma and Hebrew gimel, etc. we have legacy encodings that
assume the finals *are* presentation forms. It means that, whereas we have
a ton of custom encodings with presentation forms for which we neutralise
when going to Unicode but need context-sensitive rules coming back, in the
case of these Greek and Hebrew encodings, we need to neutralise
distinctions going from Unicode to legacy, but need context-sensitive rules
going from legacy to Unicode. It is what it is, though, and we're not
suggesting any need to change.
- Peter
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