Re: Malayalam Cillaksarams in unicode

Mahesh T. Pai wrote:
> Biju G C <bijumaillist-/[email protected]>
> writes:
>
>> Is there any proposal to include codepoint for Samruthokaram.
>> Or is it standard if "\u0D41\u0D4D" (A consonent+U+Virama)
>> used to represent Samruthokaram
>
> Or should it be the other way round? (cons + virama + ukar)
> <grin>

I know this is humour from Mahesh, but at least this one is clear: if you
want _explicit_ saṃvṛtōkāraṃ (സംവൃതോകാരം, samvrutokaram), the encoding
should be <U+0D41, U+0D4D> (\u0D41\u0D4D) and it is unambiguous. No
additionnal codepoint is needed, nor is envisionned.

Having said that, not all the rendering engine honours it (renders it
correctly, i.e. without disgracious circle intermixed), you better have to
use recent versions. Same for the fonts.


Antoine