GNU bug report logs - #36717
25.3; greek.el: deprecated vowel+oxia combinations should be replaced with vowel+tonos counterparts

Previous Next

Full log

View this message in rfc822 format

From: Robert Alessi <alessi <at> robertalessi.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>, 36717 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#36717: 25.3; greek.el: deprecated vowel+oxia combinations should be replaced with vowel+tonos counterparts
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 16:45:52 +0200

On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 05:26:59PM +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > We donʼt provide both forms within the same input method.
> 
> I don't see why this would be a problem.  We should provide the
> variant expected by modern Greek in the input methods which target
> modern Greek, and the variants for Classic Greek in input methods
> which target that.  Bonus points for providing at least some of the
> other variants in each type of the input methods.
> 
> > The question is whether we should provide both, or provide only
> > tonos, since letter + oxia were allegedly added by mistake, hence
> > standalone oxia should not be produced. Or we could change nothing.
> 
> I don't see that everyone agrees it was a mistake, and in any case
> both variants are still in usage.  So I see no need to change
> anything.

In my opinion, providing oxeia in the first place for classic Greek
was very right.  The distinction must be kept as some fonts render
tonoi and oxeiai very differently.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.