Correction: Could 7 characters to one कey be possible?
On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 7:37 PM, Krishna Birth <krishnabi...@gmail.com>wrote: > The diacritics are usually typed with non-diacritic letter. It would be > nice to have facility to use both in convenient way e.g. toggling with a > Fonts कey by permanently turning the Caps Locक to a Fonts कey. > > Could this be done - When this Fonts कey is pressed with a letter कey it > toggles to diacritic letter 1 or 2 or 3 (depending on how many diacritics > are there connected with a 'target' letter) - this toggling will need to > factor in a 'remain at same spot' and toggle these diacritics feature. When > the Fonts कey is released then the cursor would move to the next base. > > Here are the target letters, the diacritics connected with them and the URL > with more info about them: > > A > Ā = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/0100/index.htm > a > ā = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/101/index.htm > > D > Ḍ = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/1e0c/index.htm > d > ḍ = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/1e0d/index.htm > > H > Ḥ = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/1e24/index.htm > h > ḥ = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/1e25/index.htm > > I > Ī = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/12a/index.htm > i > ī = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/12b/index.htm > > L > Ḷ = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/1e36/index.htm > l > ḷ = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/1e37/index.htm > > L > L̐ = http://pastehtml.com/view/1az9crq.html - http://bit.ly/doq30H > l > l̐ = http://pastehtml.com/view/1az92sb.html - http://bit.ly/chipOw > > M > Ṁ ̇= http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/1e40/index.htm > m > ṁ = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/1e41/index.htm > > N > Ñ = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/d1/index.htm > n > ñ = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/f1/index.htm > > N > Ṇ = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/1e46/index.htm > n > ṇ = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/1e47/index.htm > > N > Ṅ = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/1e44/index.htm > n > ṅ = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/1e45/index.htm > > R > Ṛ = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/1e5a/index.htm > r > ṛ = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/1e5b/index.htm > > R > Ṝ = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/1e5c/index.htm > r > ṝ = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/1e5d/index.htm > > S > Ṣ = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/1e62/index.htm > s > ṣ = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/1e63/index.htm > > S > Ś = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/15a/index.htm > s > ś = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/15b/index.htm > > T > Ṭ = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/1e6c/index.htm > t > ṭ = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/1e6d/index.htm > > U > Ū = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/016a/index.htm > u > ū = http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/16b/index.htm > > > Referring to the above 32 diacritics, in theory a diacritic letter could > have up to 7 diacritics 'sign' variations per letter: > > 1. Macron > 2. Dot Below > 3. Candrabindu > 4. Dot Above > 5. Tilde > 6. Dot Below & Macron > 7. Acute > > and 2 diacritics 'case' (lower/upper sizes) variations per letter > - in 'total' up to 14 diacritics variations altogether per letter > > In actuality, the maximum letter n/N has 6 diacritics sign/case variations > and a/A only has 2 diacritics sign/case variations. > > Thus if you can turn the Caps Locक into a Fonts कey that can allow up to 7 > diacritics variations using this toggle approach: > > Fonts कey press + letter कey tap once = diacritic letter 1st variation > (sign/case) > > Fonts कey press + letter कey tap twice = diacritic letter 2nd variation > (sign/case) > > Fonts कey press + letter कey tap thrice = diacritic letter 3rd variation > (sign/case) > > Fonts कey press + letter कey tap four times = diacritic letter 4th > variation (sign/case) > > Fonts कey press + letter कey tap five times = diacritic letter 5th > variation (sign/case) > > Fonts कey press + letter कey tap six times = diacritic letter 6th variation > (sign/case) > > Fonts कey press + letter कey tap seven times = diacritic letter 7th > variation (sign/case) > > The above does not require the case कey (arrow upwards) to be used because > the above has both lower and upper letters. > > If you feel that 'case कey' producing upper case letters should be used > just as it is with non-diacritic letters, then fine. Thus this would mean: > > - 50 percent variations of the above toggle with Fonts कey press + letter > कey tap for lower case letters, and > > - other 50 percent variation of the above toggle Fonts कey press + letter > कey tap + caps कey for upper case letters. > > "if you assign Mode_switch and ISO_Level3_Shift to different keys, you can > assign up to six characters to one key!" > see http://tr.opensuse.org/SDB:Using_the_Extra_Keys_on_the_Keyboard > Does this mean it is possible? Could 7 कeys to one कey be possible? > > Features to consider for the Fonts कey development: > > 1. Toggle other कeyboard mapped layouts for example, languages and > diacritics. > 2. Access other fonts through toggling (Fonts कey + another कey) without > needing going every time to the particular application's micro layer. > 3. Design more styles per letter and/or partner with other fonts and thus > more styles on a font and accessing them through toggling (Fonts कey + > another कey) without needing to go to application's micro layer. > It would be nice to have you on board and get these things done. > > > Best, > > > Meeकu
