From sinhala-bounces@linux.lk Tue Jul 22 13:43:39 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: lurker@linux.lk Delivery-date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:43:39 +0530 Received: from localhost.pdn.ac.lk ([127.0.0.1] helo=penguin.lug.lk) by penguin.lug.lk with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1KLD05-0003Fn-TL; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:43:38 +0530 Received: from [192.248.40.1] (helo=hantana.pdn.ac.lk) by penguin.lug.lk with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1KLCzp-0003FZ-7i for sinhala@linux.lk; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:43:21 +0530 Received: from localhost (localhost.pdn.ac.lk [127.0.0.1]) by hantana.pdn.ac.lk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 543936D41B for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:45:30 +0530 (LKT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at pdn.ac.lk Received: from hantana.pdn.ac.lk ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (hantana.pdn.ac.lk [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id nlfUyslnDr-t for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:45:28 +0530 (LKT) Received: from kitul.learn.ac.lk (kitul.learn.ac.lk [192.248.1.163]) by hantana.pdn.ac.lk (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9EA06D43E for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:45:28 +0530 (LKT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kitul.learn.ac.lk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C2C417B9D1 for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:40:08 +0530 (IST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at learn.ac.lk Received: from kitul.learn.ac.lk ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (kitul.learn.ac.lk [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id YpwSstCyDQQQ for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:39:51 +0530 (IST) Received: from ag-out-0708.google.com (ag-out-0708.google.com [72.14.246.242]) by kitul.learn.ac.lk (Postfix) with ESMTP id E58CD17B89D for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:39:50 +0530 (IST) Received: by ag-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id 22so12912877agd.4 for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:15:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.110.84.2 with SMTP id h2mr4289356tib.7.1216714507859; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:15:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.110.73.1 with HTTP; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:15:07 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:45:07 +0530 From: "Anuradha Ratnaweera" To: nidujay In-Reply-To: <47c391870807211556g48857ed7wa7a0ca13b12acb2b@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline References: <47c391870807211556g48857ed7wa7a0ca13b12acb2b@mail.gmail.com> Cc: Sinhala GNU/Linux , sinhala@bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [sinhala] Sinhala web pages in BBC X-BeenThere: sinhala@linux.lk X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: sinhala-bounces@linux.lk Errors-To: sinhala-bounces@linux.lk AFAIK, they are going to use Sinhala in the future. Q query from someone at BBC to a friend was forwarded to me and I directed them to Siyabas and other relevant sites. On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 4:26 AM, nidujay wrote: > Hi, > > Why doesn't BBC use unicode characters in the sinhala pages? > > The international standard ISO 10646 defines the Universal Character Set > (UCS) - i.e. all the characters and symbols used in the world. The sinhala > language/character set has also been available for some time now. In fact > there are already websites that use this character set > (http://si.wikipedia.org and http://www.google.lk) are notable examples. > > All modern operating systems now support the sinhala unicode character set. > Please see http://www.locallanguages.lk/OS_Support for more information. > > regards > Dushara > > > _______________________________________________ > Sinhala mailing list > Sinhala@linux.lk > https://secure.linux.lk/mailman/listinfo/sinhala > > -- http://www.sayura.net/anuradha/ _______________________________________________ Sinhala mailing list Sinhala@linux.lk https://secure.linux.lk/mailman/listinfo/sinhala