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24.4; M17n shaper output rejected

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Message #105 received at 20140-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Richard Wordingham <richard.wordingham <at> ntlworld.com>
Cc: 20140-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, larsi <at> gnus.org
Subject: Re: bug#20140: 24.4; M17n shaper output rejected
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 17:13:56 +0200

> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2022 01:27:34 +0000
> From: Richard Wordingham <richard.wordingham <at> ntlworld.com>
> Cc: 20140 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, larsi <at> gnus.org
> 
> On Mon, 14 Feb 2022 22:14:27 +0000
> Richard Wordingham <richard.wordingham <at> ntlworld.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 14 Feb 2022 15:19:36 +0200
> > Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:
> > 
> > > > Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2022 20:53:10 +0000
> > > > From: Richard Wordingham <richard.wordingham <at> ntlworld.com>
> > > > Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, 20140 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > > > You should also add CGJ and ZWNJ, and some people may appreciate
> > > > ZWJ - the Khottabun font has ligatures involving ZWJ, though it
> > > > may just be an experimental feature - and ultimately WJ, for when
> > > > someone writes a Tai Tham word breaker.    
> > > 
> > > How should I add CGJ and ZWNJ?  What are the rules?
> > >   
> > > > Oh, and Thai and Lao mai t(r)i and mai chat(t)awa and U+0324
> > > > COMBINING DIAERESIS BELOW turn up occasionally - U+0324 is
> > > > supported in Thep's Khottabun font, and my Da Lekh series
> > > > supports Thai mai tri and mai chattawa. These characters seem to
> > > > work with HarfBuzz.    
> > > 
> > > Not sure I understand: what patterns/rules should be added for
> > > these?  
> > 
> > Add them all to "M" in the definition of tai-tham-composable-pattern.
> > Strictly, U+0324 should also be added to "S", but I'd be surprised to
> > see it in a genuine spelling.
> 
> In view of Wyn Owen's report (A Description and Linguistic Analysis of
> the Tai Khuen Writing System, JSEALS 10.1 (2017)
> https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10524/52403/1/09_Owen2017description.pdf)
> on Tai Khuen spelling, one should also add U+0E49 THAI CHARACTER MAI
> THO to "M". And, of course, as all 5 non-Tai Tham tone marks used with
> the Tai Tham script have canonical combining class greater than 9, they
> should be added to "S" - i.e. add U+0E49 to U+0E4B and U+0EC9 and
> U+0ECB to "S".

Thanks, done that as well, and installed the changes for Emacs 29.

And with that, I'm closing this bug report.  Thanks a lot for your
code and helpful discussions.

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