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RE: Devanagari ra + vocalic r encoding and rendering problem in yudit 2.7.2

> >    so it creates the sequence U+0930 U+0943.  I think the proper
> >    sequence is U+0930 U+094D U+090B.

0930	DEVANAGARI LETTER RA
094D	DEVANAGARI SIGN VIRAMA (a rather special combining character)
090B	DEVANAGARI LETTER VOCALIC R

0930	DEVANAGARI LETTER RA
0943	DEVANAGARI VOWEL SIGN VOCALIC R (a combining character)

> Why? More precisely, why should 0x0930 0x0943 raise anything 
> else than the "correct" conjunct, i.e. a reph over a 
> independent vowel r,?

Because U+0943 is a combining character, which does not form
a conjunct, while the sequence with the VIRAMA produces a conjuct,
as Indic base letters joined with VIRAMA often do?

But I don't know enough about Indic scripts.  Please pose the
question on the unicode@xxxxxxxxxxx list (best subscribe first).

		/kent k

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