Re: The native name of Tai Viet script and language(s)

2019-09-13 Thread Eli Zaretskii via Unicode
> Cc: unicode@unicode.org > From: r12a > Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2019 14:34:11 +0100 > > On 27/08/2019 07:33, Eli Zaretskii via Unicode wrote: > > Yes, it's an old and outdated text (Emacs is around since 1985, and > > supports multilingual text editing since 1997). Easy to fix, and I > > will fix it,

Re: The native name of Tai Viet script and language(s)

2019-09-12 Thread r12a via Unicode
On 27/08/2019 07:33, Eli Zaretskii via Unicode wrote: Yes, it's an old and outdated text (Emacs is around since 1985, and supports multilingual text editing since 1997). Easy to fix, and I will fix it, but my main difficulty is with the text that uses the script itself, which is why I asked here

Re: The native name of Tai Viet script and language(s)

2019-08-27 Thread Eli Zaretskii via Unicode
> Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 08:33:21 +0100 > From: Richard Wordingham via Unicode > > @Eli: Ideally, you need to check that default font and language are > consistent. There are some regional differences which make it > necessary to calibrate the writing system, and one word may not suffice. Emacs

Re: The native name of Tai Viet script and language(s)

2019-08-27 Thread Richard Wordingham via Unicode
On Tue, 27 Aug 2019 04:56:35 + Peter Constable via Unicode wrote: > The script _is_ related to Thai script, but I’m not sure I would say > it has “the same origin as that of Thai language/script used in > Thailand”, as that is too simplistic a view of the historic > connections: it suggests t

Re: The native name of Tai Viet script and language(s)

2019-08-26 Thread Eli Zaretskii via Unicode
> From: Peter Constable > Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 04:56:35 + > > " As the proposal for TaiViet script to the Unicode is still on > the progress, we use the Private Use Area for TaiViet > characters (U+F000..U+F07E). " > > Er... The script has been in Unicode for about 10 years, since Unicode

RE: The native name of Tai Viet script and language(s)

2019-08-26 Thread Peter Constable via Unicode
" As the proposal for TaiViet script to the Unicode is still on the progress, we use the Private Use Area for TaiViet characters (U+F000..U+F07E). " Er... The script has been in Unicode for about 10 years, since Unicode 5.2. The block description in 16.8 of Unicode 12 provides useful info: