RE: Merging combining classes, was: New contribution N2676

From: Jony Rosenne (rosennej@qsm.co.il)
Date: Sun Oct 26 2003 - 18:31:09 CST


This is, in my opinion, a missing character.

Jony

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> [mailto:unicode-bounce@unicode.org] On Behalf Of Ted Hopp
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> Subject: Re: Merging combining classes, was: New contribution N2676
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> On Sunday, October 26, 2003 3:51 PM, Jony Rosenne wrote:
>
> > While the current combining classes may cause some difficulties for
> > Biblical scholars (and this isn't cut and dry yet - it
> isn't certain
> > whether these are Unicode problem, implementation problems, missing
> > characters or mis-identified characters), I have yet to see
> a claimed
> > problem with pointed Hebrew - I mean just the points, without
> > cantillation marks, as used for non-Biblical texts.
>
> I assume you mean that you have yet to see a claimed problem
> with pointed Hebrew that is based on the combining class
> assignments. Otherwise, there is the problem of
> distinguishing between vav haluma and holam male, for one.
>
> Ted
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