Re: General Category of Latin subscript small letters

From: Kent Karlsson (kent.karlsson14@telia.com)
Date: Mon Jan 31 2011 - 09:04:00 CST

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    There are also some Greek ones in the same predicament(?):

    1D66;GREEK SUBSCRIPT SMALL LETTER BETA;Ll;0;L;<sub> 03B2;;;;N;;;;;
    1D67;GREEK SUBSCRIPT SMALL LETTER GAMMA;Ll;0;L;<sub> 03B3;;;;N;;;;;
    1D68;GREEK SUBSCRIPT SMALL LETTER RHO;Ll;0;L;<sub> 03C1;;;;N;;;;;
    1D69;GREEK SUBSCRIPT SMALL LETTER PHI;Ll;0;L;<sub> 03C6;;;;N;;;;;
    1D6A;GREEK SUBSCRIPT SMALL LETTER CHI;Ll;0;L;<sub> 03C7;;;;N;;;;;

        /Kent K

    Den 2011-01-31 14:22, skrev "Karl Pentzlin" <karl-pentzlin@acssoft.de>:

    > Below is a list of the Latin subscript small letters encoded in
    > Unicode 6.0, sorted alphabetically.
    > As shown, the letters have different General Category values:
    > The "older" ones have Ll, while the "newer" ones (mostly introduced
    > by N2788 and N3571, and code points fixed by L2/09-195) have Lm.
    >
    > 1. Is there a specific reason that Ll was retained for the "older"
    > characters?
    > 2. Is it a good idea to propose to change Ll to Lm for the "older"
    > characters, just for uniformity?
    > 3. If additional Latin subscript small letters are proposed, is
    > Lm the preferred General Category value?
    >
    > - Karl
    >
    > 2090;LATIN SUBSCRIPT SMALL LETTER A;Lm;0;L;<sub> 0061;;;;N;;;;;
    > 2091;LATIN SUBSCRIPT SMALL LETTER E;Lm;0;L;<sub> 0065;;;;N;;;;;
    > 2095;LATIN SUBSCRIPT SMALL LETTER H;Lm;0;L;<sub> 0068;;;;N;;;;;
    > 1D62;LATIN SUBSCRIPT SMALL LETTER I;Ll;0;L;<sub> 0069;;;;N;;;;;
    > 2C7C;LATIN SUBSCRIPT SMALL LETTER J;Ll;0;L;<sub> 006A;;;;N;;;;;
    > 2096;LATIN SUBSCRIPT SMALL LETTER K;Lm;0;L;<sub> 006B;;;;N;;;;;
    > 2097;LATIN SUBSCRIPT SMALL LETTER L;Lm;0;L;<sub> 006C;;;;N;;;;;
    > 2098;LATIN SUBSCRIPT SMALL LETTER M;Lm;0;L;<sub> 006D;;;;N;;;;;
    > 2099;LATIN SUBSCRIPT SMALL LETTER N;Lm;0;L;<sub> 006E;;;;N;;;;;
    > 2092;LATIN SUBSCRIPT SMALL LETTER O;Lm;0;L;<sub> 006F;;;;N;;;;;
    > 209A;LATIN SUBSCRIPT SMALL LETTER P;Lm;0;L;<sub> 0070;;;;N;;;;;
    > 1D63;LATIN SUBSCRIPT SMALL LETTER R;Ll;0;L;<sub> 0072;;;;N;;;;;
    > 209B;LATIN SUBSCRIPT SMALL LETTER S;Lm;0;L;<sub> 0073;;;;N;;;;;
    > 209C;LATIN SUBSCRIPT SMALL LETTER T;Lm;0;L;<sub> 0074;;;;N;;;;;
    > 1D64;LATIN SUBSCRIPT SMALL LETTER U;Ll;0;L;<sub> 0075;;;;N;;;;;
    > 1D65;LATIN SUBSCRIPT SMALL LETTER V;Ll;0;L;<sub> 0076;;;;N;;;;;
    > 2093;LATIN SUBSCRIPT SMALL LETTER X;Lm;0;L;<sub> 0078;;;;N;;;;;
    > 2094;LATIN SUBSCRIPT SMALL LETTER SCHWA;Lm;0;L;<sub> 0259;;;;N;;;;;
    >
    >

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