Hello my preciousss,

On Thu, 10 Oct 2002, Gollum wrote:

> I see yukhtakshar as a combination charecter so it is not a new single 
> charecter. Hence missing from bangla unicode charecter charts. I am trying to 
> see what unicode says about yukhtakshar. if not. then we need to bypass it 

I'm no expert, but I've been implementing it in come code I've been
writing and using Yudit to cross check and it works, so here's the short
of it:

Juktakhor in unicode is represented as individual consonants separated by
0x09cd (hashanta). So ka + ra (also known as ka-y-raphola) is

0x0985 + 0x09cd + 0x09b0

danteshha + ta  (has in hasta)

0x09b8 + 0x09cd + 0x09a4

If you have to use a "real" hashanta you use something called a zero width
non joiner 0x200c

so khondo-tha is actually

tha + hashonto + zwnj

0x09a4 0x09cd 0x200c

Similarly reph is basically a conjunct with ra as the first character

ir reph + ka = 

ra + ka

0x09b0 + 0x09cd + 0x0995


> all. and save it for the pango module. whenever a perticular 2 charecters 
> apears a third charecter is displayed which is the yukhtakshar. I don't think 
> redering yukhtakshar will be a problem because it's just a font charecter. 
> out problem is to know the various combinations that lead to a yuktakshar. 
> Once I make a list of that. I think i will jump into pango.

You may want to talk to Sayamindu, who's working on a OTF bangla font, and
must have dealt with these issues..

> 
> OK enough of all this. did anyone ever see a bangla typewriter. I havent if 
> someone has please tell me so. Or if there is a standard bagla keyboard 
> layout. 

Look at the Ekushey website
http://altruists.org/software/21/

Robin has some layouts...

> 
> Oh hi to sandeep and kaushik. You people seem to mail a lot on the mailing 
> list. 

It just looks that way, smoke and mirrors. I just cross post a lot.

-kg

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