Re: No Invisible Character - NBSP at the start of a word

On 28/11/2004 00:21, Mark E. Shoulson wrote: ... Well, that's the difference under discussion. The "plain text" would seem to be either the qere or the ketiv (but not the combined "blended" form), since each of those is somewhat sensible. Peter Kirk's point is that the blended form is what is

Re: No Invisible Character - NBSP at the start of a word

On 27/11/2004 21:48, Asmus Freytag wrote: ... The change that the UTC has approved for UAX#14 ... ... PS: The revised text of UAX#14 will not be published until Unicode 4.1, but the change to the rules has been endorsed by the UTC. While the UTC can change its mind before publication, it could do

Re: No Invisible Character - NBSP at the start of a word

At 10:10 AM 11/28/2004, Peter Kirk wrote: And I will remember not to implement the official standard whenever I come across such a note, but rather to avoid "mis-applied conservatism" by following everyone else in breaking the standard. I would have phrased it as: "... in following everyone else

Base character as a combining character

I want to be able to take any base character and overlap it with a combining character. I am using Mac OS X 10.3, and I want to be able to do this in TextEdit using the Character Palette. As an example, I would want to overlap a P with a G. But, as I said, that's just an example. Thanks! - Micha