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bug#55439: [PATCH] Add support for the Modi script
From: |
Pankaj Jangid |
Subject: |
bug#55439: [PATCH] Add support for the Modi script |
Date: |
Thu, 19 May 2022 22:02:41 +0530 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> >> We can just add this or something like this at the end of the above
>> >> paragraph - "Search for the script name of your language to see if your
>> >> language is supported."
>> >
>> > Sorry, I don't think I understand. Could you explain how that text
>> > could mislead someone into incorrect conclusions? Armed with that
>> > explanation, I think I will be able to understand your suggestion.
>>
>> I will use the case of Devanagari to explain the proposal: a number of
>> languages uses Devanagari as the script---Hindi, Marathi, Bhojpuri,
>> Konkani, etc. Pankaj says that one might not know that their language
>> uses the _script_ called Devanagari as people rarely speak about the
>> _script_ itself but more about their _language_. At least to me, it is
>> far less natural to speak about the script a language uses; we mostly
>> speak of the language itself and refer to the script as "the way we
>> write X language" (note how I don't use the word "script" at all here).
Thanks Visuwesh for the explanation.
> Thanks. So will the text below be better?
>
> This is a list of ways to say hello using various scripts.
> It is not intended to be comprehensive, but to demonstrate
> some of the character sets and writing systems that Emacs
> supports. Look for the script used to write your language,
> to see if it is supported.
Yes. IMO, this is better explanation. Just one question - in the first
sentence -- "ways to _say_ hello" -- will it be "say" or "write"? Or
anyone is okay?
- bug#55439: [PATCH] Add support for the Modi script, (continued)
- bug#55439: [PATCH] Add support for the Modi script, Pankaj Jangid, 2022/05/17
- bug#55439: [PATCH] Add support for the Modi script, समीर सिंह Sameer Singh, 2022/05/17
- bug#55439: [PATCH] Add support for the Modi script, Pankaj Jangid, 2022/05/18
- bug#55439: [PATCH] Add support for the Modi script, Eli Zaretskii, 2022/05/18
- bug#55439: [PATCH] Add support for the Modi script, Pankaj Jangid, 2022/05/18
- bug#55439: [PATCH] Add support for the Modi script, Eli Zaretskii, 2022/05/19
- bug#55439: [PATCH] Add support for the Modi script, Pankaj Jangid, 2022/05/19
- bug#55439: [PATCH] Add support for the Modi script, Eli Zaretskii, 2022/05/19
- bug#55439: [PATCH] Add support for the Modi script, Visuwesh, 2022/05/19
- bug#55439: [PATCH] Add support for the Modi script, Eli Zaretskii, 2022/05/19
- bug#55439: [PATCH] Add support for the Modi script,
Pankaj Jangid <=
- bug#55439: [PATCH] Add support for the Modi script, Eli Zaretskii, 2022/05/21
- bug#55439: [PATCH] Add support for the Modi script, Eli Zaretskii, 2022/05/18
- bug#55439: [PATCH] Add support for the Modi script, Eli Zaretskii, 2022/05/18
- bug#55439: [PATCH] Add support for the Modi script, Visuwesh, 2022/05/18
- bug#55439: [PATCH] Add support for the Modi script, Eli Zaretskii, 2022/05/18
- bug#55439: [PATCH] Add support for the Modi script, समीर सिंह Sameer Singh, 2022/05/18
- bug#55439: [PATCH] Add support for the Modi script, Visuwesh, 2022/05/18
- bug#55439: [PATCH] Add support for the Modi script, समीर सिंह Sameer Singh, 2022/05/18
- bug#55439: [PATCH] Add support for the Modi script, Richard Stallman, 2022/05/19
- bug#55439: [PATCH] Add support for the Modi script, Eli Zaretskii, 2022/05/18