On Tue, 2007-08-14 at 07:39 -0400, Dinbandhu wrote:
> Dear Gora,
> I've gone through carefully letter by letter and checked the whole
> keyboard. By so doing, I've found a few more bugs. With a little luck,
> this will be all of them.
>
> Final bugs:
>
> 1) "I" and "ee" should have the same effect of creating "ई " and ई
> -kaar, but now only "I" is doing it.
>
>
> "I" produces ई and, for example, गी in conjunct form.
> "ee" should be fixed to have the same effect.
>
> (now, "ee" incorrectly results in इइ . And when conjunct is attempted,
> it incorrectly results in गेइ .)
"ee" was missing in the first version, but should have been fixed in
the second version.
> 2) "Ru" and "RU" have the correct effect when used as conjuncts, but
> incorrect effect when used alone.
>
> When used as conjunct it is fine:
>
> ie "kRu" produces कृ
> "kRU" produces कॄ
>
> But when used alone it is incorect:
[...]
This was a bug that has now been fixed.
> 3) "G" and "gh" should both produce "घ ", but now only "G" does.
> Now, "gh" incorrectly produces "ग्ह". It should produce "घ ".
Fixed.
> 3a) As an addendum to clarify point (3) above, here is Baraha's own
> explanation of the difference between "h" and "~h" in Baraha:
>
> `ह' consonant can be written in two ways; 'h', '~h'. If you want to use
> a `ह' in conjuncts where the first consonant is 'k', 'g', 't', 'd', etc,
> you have to use '~h' instead of of 'h'.
OK, but this should already have been working apart from bug (3)
above, e.g., "kh" should have been producing "ख", and "k~h" making
"क्ह".
> 4) "&" now incorrectly produces "&" -> but it should produce "ऽ "
Fixed.
> 5) Half-candrabindu directly over a consonant
[...]
> Now we have to add the command for putting the half-candrabindu directly
> over the consonant: That is done with "~e".
> for example "c~e" yields चॅ , "k~e" yields कॅ , "b~e" yields बॅ .
I have added this, but where is this used in Hindi? I am aware of the
pronuciation of "ॉ", but how does one even pronounce "ॅ" directly over a
consonant?
Regards,
Gora
P.S. Replying separately to the issue of where you could not see the
earlier amendments in the updated file.
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