Re: RTL PUA?

From: Michael Everson <everson_at_evertype.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:42:03 +0100

On 19 Aug 2011, at 16:31, Mark E. Shoulson wrote:

> On 08/19/2011 11:03 AM, Shriramana Sharma wrote:
>>
>> In effect, changing the existing BC=L to ON is no worse than changing it to R.
>
> I think making the directionality of the PUA "L" instead of "ON" was a mistake in the first place, yes, but does even the PUA fall under the commandment "Thou shalt not change what is already encoded"? Even though it isn't encoded? That is, my understanding is that we *can't* change the PUA to ON now, but that there is a suggestion that some *new* hunk of PUA be created that is R, in order to balance the existing L. Is that right?

Yes, that is the suggestion.

Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/
Received on Fri Aug 19 2011 - 10:42:48 CDT

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