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[PATCH] Improve Brahmi composition rules.

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From: समीर सिंह Sameer Singh
 <lumarzeli30 <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 58957 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#58957: [PATCH] Improve Brahmi composition rules.
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2022 20:27:42 +0530

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> Should we perhaps introduce tests for compositions?  For example, I
> guess you found the problems with the current rules by examining the
> display of some sequences of characters, so why not add a test that
> would make sure we never again break those composable sequences?


Yes, that would be a good idea.
How should I start? Are there some pre-existing examples that checks for
composition,
or even a manual that describes how to write a test?

Thanks

On Wed, Nov 2, 2022 at 6:02 PM Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:

> > From: समीर सिंह Sameer Singh
> >  <lumarzeli30 <at> gmail.com>
> > Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2022 08:14:09 +0530
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 2, 2022 at 8:12 AM समीर सिंह Sameer Singh <
> lumarzeli30 <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >  The present composition rules for Brahmi have a bug where the virama is
> not composed with the
> >  consonants, I have fixed that now. I have also added support for
> composing velar and bilabial fricatives in
> >  Brahmi.
> >
> >  Please review the patch.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Should we perhaps introduce tests for compositions?  For example, I
> guess you found the problems with the current rules by examining the
> display of some sequences of characters, so why not add a test that
> would make sure we never again break those composable sequences?
>

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