Re: Mark-Driven Script Categorisation

2012/5/17 Richard Wordingham <richard.wordingham_at_ntlworld.com>:
> On Thu, 17 May 2012 22:14:55 +0200
> Philippe Verdy <verdy_p_at_wanadoo.fr> wrote:
>
>> It has x just like the rest of the Basic Latin alphabet, in one of its
>> input modes.
>
> Which keyboard layout are you looking at?  When present, it's usually
> got by pressing <SHIFT> and the key used for U+0EAD LAO LETTER O.  It's
> normally the only Latin *letter* enterable without invoking some
> other switch.  You can look at the Microsoft keyboard page
> (http://www.microsoft.com/resources/msdn/goglobal/keyboards/kbdlao.html),
> or at the Duang Jan keyboard as supplied by LaoSoft (p9 of
> http://www.laosoftware.com/download/Manuel-LW41-fr.pdf).

OK, OK.... So this looks like there's an 'x'-like letter in the Lao
script. But why should it be the Latin letter with all its allowed
variations, its dual case, its cursive joining, its serifs ? May be
the letter x was chosen because it has the property of a letter and
not a mere symbol. But then this means that the Lao script needs a new
letter of its own.
Received on Thu May 17 2012 - 16:16:11 CDT