Re: Size of Weights in Unicode Collation Algorithm

2013-03-15 Thread Richard Wordingham
On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:13:43 -0700 Markus Scherer wrote: > On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 4:09 PM, Richard Wordingham < > richard.wording...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > > On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:49:18 -0700 > > Markus Scherer wrote: > While variableTop="u2FD5" ... > ... but a) this is a rarely used opti

Re: Size of Weights in Unicode Collation Algorithm

2013-03-15 Thread Markus Scherer
On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 12:50 PM, Richard Wordingham < richard.wording...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:13:43 -0700 > Markus Scherer wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 4:09 PM, Richard Wordingham < > > richard.wording...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:49:1

Re: Size of Weights in Unicode Collation Algorithm

2013-03-15 Thread Richard Wordingham
On Fri, 15 Mar 2013 13:52:39 -0700 Markus Scherer wrote: > On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 12:50 PM, Richard Wordingham < > richard.wording...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > Not quite. The characterisation of variable weights knows nothing > > of the concept, and that is the problem. > That's a problem in

Re: Size of Weights in Unicode Collation Algorithm

2013-03-15 Thread Markus Scherer
On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 3:05 PM, Richard Wordingham < richard.wording...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > In CLDR/ICU's FractionalUCA.txt, all but 40 or so of the primary > > weights (and many of the secondary weights) use the "large weights" > > mechanism. > > No, they're 32-bit weights expressed by omit

Re: Size of Weights in Unicode Collation Algorithm

2013-03-15 Thread Richard Wordingham
On Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:03:57 -0700 Markus Scherer wrote: > On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 3:05 PM, Richard Wordingham < > richard.wording...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > > > In CLDR/ICU's FractionalUCA.txt, all but 40 or so of the primary > > > weights (and many of the secondary weights) use the "large > >

Re: Size of Weights in Unicode Collation Algorithm

2013-03-15 Thread Markus Scherer
On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 6:52 PM, Richard Wordingham < richard.wording...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > The "fractional" refers to the same kind of mechanism as the "large > > weight values" in the UCA spec. > > Yes. The problem is that formally the UCA clearly treats 'large > weights' as being in mult

Complex script support on mobile devices

2013-03-15 Thread Christopher Fynn
Anyone know of a web page or resource which lists the level of support for complex scripts on various mobile devices? I'd like to know things like: * Which "smart" phones and tablets have complex script rendering support - and for which scripts? * Is that support available system wide or only in t