> Classical Greek might qualify [for a CLDR entry] It certainly qualifies, but we require that a submitter commit to collecting a minimal amount of data before we add it. See http://cldr.unicode.org/index/cldr-spec/minimaldata
Mark <https://plus.google.com/114199149796022210033> * * *— Il meglio è l’inimico del bene —* ** On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 3:58 PM, Stephan Stiller <stephan.stil...@gmail.com>wrote: > On 8/5/2013 11:26 AM, Whistler, Ken wrote: > > Inclusion of the precomposed characters now seen in the U+1FXX block was part > of the price of the merger. What was included was precisely the repertoire > requested by Greece, and no attempt was made to further rationalize forms > including macrons for Ancient Greek. > > Thanks, Ken. It's good to know that there is no other reason. Partial > credit goes to Tom Gewecke who had pointed me off-list to > http://www.tlg.uci.edu/~opoudjis/unicode/ken_adscripts.html > and the fact that the precomposed set from ISO 10646 can be traced back to > ELOT (ΕΛΟΤ). > > On 8/5/2013 1:25 PM, Richard Wordingham wrote: > > Classical Greek might qualify [for a CLDR entry] > > Yes or no, and I have in fact no(t yet an) opinion on the necessity > thereof – it's a different question from the one to what extent D matters > for A *if* A had an entry, but I think we're on the same page at this > point: > > > On 8/5/2013 1:25 PM, Richard Wordingham wrote: > > However, if vowels with macrons had made it into D, then one would expect > them in A. > > Yep, I agree. A loose analogy and one sensible view (which is in fact > compatible with yours) is that it's imaginable for say a lexicographer for > English to have some version of Cyrillic letters available for typesetting > but defensible for him to not have/use stress marks, whereas any Cyrillic > typesetting engine within a Cyrillic locale should be able to provide them. > This made-up example is imperfect, but it might help someone understand the > thread. That said, I have not yet formed an opinion on whether a font > intended for a Modern Greek locale should be able to render ᾱ, ῑ, ῡ with > additional diacritics. (One intended for Ancient Greek should, I think.) > > Stephan > >
