Re: [sword-devel] Module .conf files, Unicode Normalization

2018-01-07 Thread David Haslam
ct: Re: [sword-devel] Module .conf files, Unicode Normalization > Local Time: 7 January 2018 1:52 PM > UTC Time: 7 January 2018 13:52 > From: dfh...@protonmail.com > To: sword-devel mailing list > > In other words, it tells the library something significant about the module &g

Re: [sword-devel] Module .conf files, Unicode Normalization

2018-01-07 Thread David Haslam
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Re: [sword-devel] Module .conf files, Unicode Normalization

2018-01-07 Thread David Haslam
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Re: [sword-devel] Module .conf files, Unicode Normalization

2018-01-07 Thread DM Smith
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Re: [sword-devel] Module .conf files, Unicode Normalization

2018-01-07 Thread David Haslam
e useful is >>>>> for the search features > of front-end apps. > It could be important to >>>>> know that the underlying module text is _not_ > *NFC*. > > That's not to >>>>> lay down a requirement as to how search features should be > designed, >

Re: [sword-devel] Module .conf files, Unicode Normalization

2018-01-06 Thread DM Smith
be > designed, > but at least to provide the >>>> information in case it does matter for some > types of search option. > > >>>> Like other things in .conf files, a key can also be _educational_. > It >>>> may prompt developers and users to ask, /*Why did

Re: [sword-devel] Module .conf files, Unicode Normalization

2018-01-06 Thread David Haslam
le text is _not_ > *NFC*. > > That's not to lay down a requirement as >>>> to how search features should be > designed, > but at least to provide the >>>> information in case it does matter for some > types of search option. > > >>>> Lik

Re: [sword-devel] Module .conf files, Unicode Normalization

2018-01-06 Thread Tom Sullivan
iblical Hebrew. > /It applies only to texts with _both_ vowel accents and cantillation./ > > Even though it's mentioned in our developers' wiki, it's all too easily > missed by other CrossWire volunteers. > > Best regards, > > David > > Sent with Prot

Re: [sword-devel] Module .conf files, Unicode Normalization

2018-01-06 Thread David Haslam
to ask, /*Why did they do this?*/ > > cf. It >>> was _almost by accident_ that in 2014, I first came across this > aspect of >>> using Unicode for Biblical Hebrew. > /It applies only to texts with _both_ >>> vowel accents and cantillation./ > > Even though it's me

Re: [sword-devel] Module .conf files, Unicode Normalization

2018-01-06 Thread David Haslam
to ask, /*Why did they do this?*/ > > cf. It >>> was _almost by accident_ that in 2014, I first came across this > aspect of >>> using Unicode for Biblical Hebrew. > /It applies only to texts with _both_ >>> vowel accents and cantillation./ > > Even though it's me

Re: [sword-devel] Module .conf files, Unicode Normalization

2018-01-06 Thread DM Smith
Hebrew. > >> /It applies only to texts with _both_ vowel accents and cantillation./ > > >> Even though it's mentioned in our developers' wiki, it's all too easily > >> missed by other CrossWire volunteers. > > Best regards, > > David >

Re: [sword-devel] Module .conf files, Unicode Normalization

2018-01-06 Thread David Haslam
I should have explained that the "Action" is "Send non-matching text to sub-filter". Best regards, David Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com) Secure Email. > Original Message ---- > Subject: Re: [sword-devel] Module .conf files, Unicode Nor

Re: [sword-devel] Module .conf files, Unicode Normalization

2018-01-06 Thread David Haslam
s to ask, >> /*Why did they do this?*/ > > cf. It was _almost by accident_ that in 2014, >> I first came across this > aspect of using Unicode for Biblical Hebrew. > >> /It applies only to texts with _both_ vowel accents and cantillation./ > > >> Even though it

Re: [sword-devel] Module .conf files, Unicode Normalization

2018-01-06 Thread David Haslam
is > aspect of using Unicode for Biblical Hebrew. > /It > applies only to texts with _both_ vowel accents and cantillation./ > > Even > though it's mentioned in our developers' wiki, it's all too easily > missed > by other CrossWire volunteers. > > B

Re: [sword-devel] Module .conf files, Unicode Normalization

2018-01-06 Thread Tom Sullivan
ily missed by other CrossWire volunteers. Best regards, David Sent with ProtonMail <https://protonmail.com> Secure Email. Original Message ---- Subject: Re: [sword-devel] Module .conf files, Unicode Normalization Local Time: 6 January 2018 5:19 PM UTC Time: 6 January 2018 17

Re: [sword-devel] Module .conf files, Unicode Normalization

2018-01-06 Thread Tom Sullivan
ven though it's mentioned in our developers' wiki, it's all too easily missed by other CrossWire volunteers. Best regards, David Sent with ProtonMail <https://protonmail.com> Secure Email. Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [sword-devel] Module .conf files, U

Re: [sword-devel] Module .conf files, Unicode Normalization

2018-01-06 Thread David Haslam
-- Original Message ---- > Subject: Re: [sword-devel] Module .conf files, Unicode Normalization > Local Time: 6 January 2018 5:19 PM > UTC Time: 6 January 2018 17:19 > From: greg.helli...@gmail.com > To: David Haslam , SWORD Developers' Collaboration > Forum > >

Re: [sword-devel] Module .conf files, Unicode Normalization

2018-01-06 Thread Greg Hellings
Why would the front end or engine need to know this information? Would it help the front end developers or users to know it? What do we gain by adding this? (I'm not implying it wouldn't be beneficial. But the only thing I know about Unicode is how the different UTF encodings work, so I have no ide

[sword-devel] Module .conf files, Unicode Normalization

2018-01-06 Thread David Haslam
Dear all, We've known for quite a few years that there are aspects of Biblical Hebrew that mean we should avoid converting the Unicode source text to NFC when we build a module. This prompts me to suggest that we ought to define a new key for .conf files. Normalization=NFC (this would be the d