From sinhala-admin@linux.lk Fri Dec 10 11:02:05 2004 Return-path: Envelope-to: lurker@linux.lk Delivery-date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 11:02:05 +0600 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=penguin.lug.lk) by penguin.lug.lk with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Cccur-0002j0-00; Fri, 10 Dec 2004 11:02:05 +0600 Received: from hantana.pdn.ac.lk ([192.248.40.1]) by penguin.lug.lk with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Cccuj-0002iQ-00 for ; Fri, 10 Dec 2004 11:01:59 +0600 Received: from tissa.learn.ac.lk (tissa.learn.ac.lk [192.248.1.164]) by hantana.pdn.ac.lk (8.12.10/8.12.9) with ESMTP id iBA51scN084650 for ; Fri, 10 Dec 2004 11:01:55 +0600 (LKT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tissa.learn.ac.lk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6473E340A3 for ; Fri, 10 Dec 2004 11:01:55 +0600 (LKT) Received: from tissa.learn.ac.lk ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (tissa.learn.ac.lk [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 15419-05-2 for ; Fri, 10 Dec 2004 11:01:37 +0600 (LKT) Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.201]) by tissa.learn.ac.lk (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE04F33E9C for ; Fri, 10 Dec 2004 11:01:26 +0600 (LKT) Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id b11so589306rne for ; Thu, 09 Dec 2004 21:01:22 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:return-path:x-gmail-received:received-spf:in-reply-to:to:cc:message-id:x-mimetrack:mime-version:content-type:subject:resent-from:resent-to:organization:date:x-mailer:from; b=H534fSWPqM/BPInWfwylQRk3UCmwiwkZGhan8vka1x7nHQjzVFEBV5OQX1dZSxqy1plKiTo8gguVg8Mty2MzH3UUYjivf1JhTs366dGIrKapHgskXMEKpDw7P+4aLCjzvHEBL0/SdyFPr7f/8GPmDbUzz8K5QOf9WavRwSsIopE= Received: by 10.38.125.56 with SMTP id x56mr1657948rnc; Thu, 09 Dec 2004 21:01:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from 10.2.6.144 ([203.94.74.174]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTP id 58sm3914rnc.2004.12.09.21.01.19; Thu, 09 Dec 2004 21:01:22 -0800 (PST) X-Gmail-Received: e89952fe2cb0497199068217f54f58a980ebcb14 Received: by 10.38.90.58 with SMTP id n58cs12803rnb; Thu, 9 Dec 2004 08:38:48 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.38.12.13 with SMTP id 13mr1086173rnl; Thu, 09 Dec 2004 08:38:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.keells.com ([203.115.27.10]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id 79si939705rna; Thu, 09 Dec 2004 08:38:47 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: neutral (gmail.com: 203.115.27.10 is neither permitted nor denied by domain of harsha.sgit@keells.com) In-Reply-To: <41AB0F25.3060507@mail.ewisl.net> To: semage@mail.ewisl.net Cc: Anuradha Ratnaweera , harshula , Delan Silva , sinhala-admin@linux.lk Message-ID: X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on Notes/MIS/KEELLS(Release 6.5|September 26, 2003) at 12/09/2004 10:37:19 PM Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Subject: Re: [sinhala] Re: Sinhala GNU/Linux Resent-From: Anuradha Ratnaweera Resent-To: sinhala@linux.lk Organization: Virtusa Corporation X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.2 From: Harsha Senanayake Resent-Message-Id: <20041210050126.EE04F33E9C@tissa.learn.ac.lk> Resent-Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 11:01:26 +0600 (LKT) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new Sender: sinhala-admin@linux.lk Errors-To: sinhala-admin@linux.lk X-BeenThere: sinhala@linux.lk X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 11:45:00 +0600 Hi Donald, > Unconditonally we got to Correct & Improve the SLS 1134 to move forward. I am making this comment without really reading through the whole thread, so forgive me if I am out of context. SLS 1134 is not really an encoding standard at all.. its a ripoff of Unicode. SLS 1134 should have been an annexure to the unicode book, which is availble on unicode.org. SLS gives some guildlines on how a font designer should create the opentype rules. The character sequences are stored in opentype font tables, and on top of that you need whole heap of stuff to render unicode text. Anuradha has explained it better than me. Likewise for sorting/collation/trasliteration etc.. you need special i18n libraries like IBM ICU. The standard SLS has defined is not in alignment with other indic scripts, and IMHO it has confused the seperation of encoding and rendering. Our scripts have been considered as phonetic scripts, and SLS standard tries to make is less phonetic as possible. No point in trying to change SLS 1134, since dont think we'll ever convice unicode to change our codepage. But if you really think you need extra characters, you can assign them from the PUA (private user area) regards, Harsha. This Mail Has Been Scanned For Virus By Scanmail For Lotus Notes _______________________________________________ Sinhala mailing list Sinhala@linux.lk https://secure.linux.lk/mailman/listinfo/sinhala