Re: [m17n-list] m17n Based Keyboard Layout for Bengali

[Runa Bhattacharjee]

On মঙ্গলবার 19 জুন 2012 01:40 অপরাহ্ণ, Sayak Sarkar wrote:

> 2. While doing the mapping and classification of various Bengali characters
> using Utf-8 mapping, I couldn't quite find the Hex code for the character
> Khanda-ta - ৎ, it maybe because it has been newly defined or so, but since
> the character is already present in the Probhat layout I gather that it must
> have a Hex code in UTF-8. Could please let me know the Hex code for the
> same?

Khanda-ta is on U+09CE in the Bengali and Assamese code chart (U0980 series).
Please use the Unicode charts available at the following link for reference:

http://www.unicode.org/charts/

> 3. Similar to the above point there are some Bengali characters like Nukta
> (Unicode Hex 09BC) and Ishhar (Unicode Hex 09FA) that I cannot find in the
> present Probhat layout. How should I go about implementing these characters?
> Or should I just skip them.

Nukta and Ishhar/Ishwar are infrequently used symbols and hence not generally
present in the major 1-1 keymaps like Probhat where the number of available
keys is limited. However the nukta symbol is present on the Inscript keymap.

hth
Runa

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