From: Arns Udovīčė (zordsdavini@gmail.com)
Date: Tue Oct 26 2010 - 04:19:10 CDT
Thanks Otto for examples :) I use in Linux composite keys for now but
"ė̄" not renders as "ǡ" (<composite>+<_>+<.>+<a>) and I have to use mouse
to copy macron and put on "ė" (or <composite>+<.>+<e>). I would to study
how to make layouts. For now I still don't find how to make this
sequence (on Linux). On windows I know there is soft and only copy&paste
character what I want. So, it will be easier. With mac I will have
problems as I don't have it (windows I will emulate) but I hope I will
find people.
BR,
Arns
On 10/26/2010 12:10 PM, Otto Stolz wrote:
> Hello Arns Udovīčė,
>
> on 2010-10-26, you have written:
>> This asking for new letter in Unicode was for purpose to make normal
>> keyboard layout (even two variants) for my nation.
>
> Note that the keyboard layout does _not_ depend on the availability of
> composed letters in the target encoding (Unicode, in your case).
>
> Rather, a keyboard driver can generate multiple Unicode characters for
> a single keystroke, as well as a single or even multiple characters
> for a sequence, or combination of keystrokes. Examples (from the
> keyboard driver I am currently using):
> key “E” generates single character “e”;
> key combination “⇧”+“E” generates single character “E”;
> key “Ü” generates single character “ü”, but could as well generate the
> canonically equvalent sequence “ü” (U+75, U+308);
> key combination “AltGr”-“E” generates single character “€”
> key sequence “^” + “a” generates single character “â”, but could as well
> generate canonically equivalent “â” (U+61, U+302 )
> key combination and sequence “AltGr”-“´” + “C” generates single
> character “č”, but could as well … (you get the idea)
>
> A decent Unicode-capable font is supposed to render the canonically
> equivalent character sequences indistinguishably (if it is not a
> special font designed to reveal the exact Unicode character sequence,
> for debugging purposes). You can use the above examples of cononically
> equivalent sequences to test your fonts.
>
> So, you could design your leyboard layout to suit best the writing-
> habits of your community – and you will have to find a decent font
> to display the Unicode characters (and sequences thereof), according
> to the rules of your orthography.
>
> Best wishes,
> Otto Stolz
>
>
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