On Tue, 10 Jul 2012 08:24:23 +0100 Michael Everson <ever...@evertype.com> wrote:
> Users of the code charts are usually programmers or font providers, > who want to know things like "How do I make the kṣa ligature?" Those > people need to know where KA and SSA are. ALPAPRAANA KAYANNA and > MUURDHAHA SAYANNA are not nearly as useful to most users of the > standard as KA and SSA are. I think you'll find that most users of the names are people using 'insert symbol' and the equivalent in a character picker to insert characters they don't know how to enter easily from the keyboard. Richard.
