GNU bug report logs - #5256
conjunct formation should follow input sequence when inserting text

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Praveen A <pravi.a <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 18:55:07 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Praveen A <pravi.a <at> gmail.com>
To: Kenichi Handa <handa <at> m17n.org>
Cc: 5256 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#5256: conjunct formation should follow input sequence when
	inserting text
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:22:48 +0530

2009/12/25 Kenichi Handa <handa <at> m17n.org>:
> I have one question.  Emacs tries hard to find a grapheme
> boundary to put cursor on.  For instance, in the above (c)
> string, when you put cursor on the second character പ
> (U+D2A) and type C-f, the cursor moves to ലോ (U+D32 U+D4B),
> and the next C-f moves the cursor to ഡ (U+D21).
>
> But, in gedit, "പ്‌ലോ" is treated as one cluster and you
> can't put cursor between "പ്‌" and "ലോ".
>
> Which is convenient for Malayalam user?

emacs way is convenient. I will test the latest code by Monday. Thanks again.

- Praveen
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