Re: Possible proposal for new Hebrew accent character

2002-12-09 Thread Peter_Constable
On 12/09/2002 05:21:26 PM Julian Gilbey wrote: >> What I don't understand, however, is why BHS doesn't reflect this: if BHS >> is based on the Leningrad Codex... >I think that the Aleppo Codex vies with the Leningrad for reliability... Yes, ignore that comment on my part -- it was the fruit of

Re: distinct accents....

2002-12-09 Thread Peter_Constable
On 12/09/2002 04:30:54 PM ekeown wrote: >> Does this have any implications regarding the issue as to whether there is >> another distinct accent needing to be encoded? [snip] >However, I think the main differences between the big scholars >will end up being in how one programs with the accents,

Re: Possible proposal for new Hebrew accent character

2002-12-09 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 10:21:08AM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Mark: > > I've got Revell's translation of Yeivin, and it doesn't mention "etnah > hafukh". (Perhaps Breuer was reading the Hebrew original and the term was > omitted in the translation.) Breuer calls it "etnah hafukh". I ha

Re: Leningrad NOT most reliable, opinions differ

2002-12-09 Thread Peter_Constable
Elaine: Thanks for the clarifications. I'm barely a novice in this area, but trying to learn. On 12/09/2002 11:03:30 AM ekeown wrote: >THIRD: Close reading of Yeivin, Dotan, Weil, Breuer, and the other >masters periodically reveals different opinions among them... >FOURTH: In addition, expe

Re: Possible proposal for new Hebrew accent character

2002-12-09 Thread Peter_Constable
Mark: I've got Revell's translation of Yeivin, and it doesn't mention "etnah hafukh". (Perhaps Breuer was reading the Hebrew original and the term was omitted in the translation.) In the translation of Yeivin, section #361, it says, "Oleh we-yored has only one servus [preceding conjunctive acce

Re: Script of U+0951 .. U+0954

2002-12-09 Thread Mark Davis
In the original design of Scripts.txt, all Mn character were INHERITED, and had consistent behavior. However, the UTC wanted to add the script information in certain cases, which does complicate the model. (This was not affected at all by whether either, both or neither were in ICU.) If you wanted

Re: CJK fonts

2002-12-09 Thread Andrew C. West
On Mon, 09 Dec 2002 01:49:54 -0800 (PST), Raymond Mercier wrote: > When I have finished debugging it I will pass on to you the look-up program > that I wrote for unihan.txt. Thanks, I would be interested in trying it out. I have just released the latest version of my BabelMap character map util