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* [Bug localedata/828] New: Glibc does not have localedata for Devanagari ISCII encoding
@ 2005-04-06 14:02 jnansi at redhat dot com
2005-04-06 14:03 ` [Bug localedata/828] " jnansi at redhat dot com
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From: jnansi at redhat dot com @ 2005-04-06 14:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
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ISCII is the original encoding standard designed for 10 indic scripts (which
have evolved from brahmi). Unicode support for these 10 scripts is based on this
standard.
More information is available at the following URLs:
http://tdil.mit.gov.in/standards.htm#iscii
http://www.cdacindia.com/html/gist/standard/iscii.asp
The standard document itself is available here:
http://varamozhi.sourceforge.net/iscii91.pdf
This standard is old and outdated, and all newer data is in UTF-8. However
support for this encoding is necessary for converting from older iscii data to
UTF-8.
One of the 10 supported scripts is Devanagari. I have created a localedata file
for Devanagari ISCII (attached).
I can forsee the following issues:
1. Naming of the encoding - since the standard encompasses 10 scrips but has a
single name (ISCII) naming encoding for the different scripts is difficult.
Since the Tamil encoding is called TSCII, I recommend DSCII for the devanagari
encoding.
2. ISCII specifies double byte sequences for representing certain characters
(such as unicode 0950 - OM). These characters are not yet supported in the
attached charmap.
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Summary: Glibc does not have localedata for Devanagari ISCII
encoding
Product: glibc
Version: 2.3.2
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: P2
Component: localedata
AssignedTo: pere at hungry dot com
ReportedBy: jnansi at redhat dot com
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* [Bug localedata/828] Glibc does not have localedata for Devanagari ISCII encoding
2005-04-06 14:02 [Bug localedata/828] New: Glibc does not have localedata for Devanagari ISCII encoding jnansi at redhat dot com
@ 2005-04-06 14:03 ` jnansi at redhat dot com
2005-09-25 17:32 ` drepper at redhat dot com
2006-04-25 22:57 ` drepper at redhat dot com
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From: jnansi at redhat dot com @ 2005-04-06 14:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
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------- Additional Comments From jnansi at redhat dot com 2005-04-06 14:03 -------
Created an attachment (id=451)
--> (http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=451&action=view)
DSCII encoding localedata
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* [Bug localedata/828] Glibc does not have localedata for Devanagari ISCII encoding
2005-04-06 14:02 [Bug localedata/828] New: Glibc does not have localedata for Devanagari ISCII encoding jnansi at redhat dot com
2005-04-06 14:03 ` [Bug localedata/828] " jnansi at redhat dot com
@ 2005-09-25 17:32 ` drepper at redhat dot com
2006-04-25 22:57 ` drepper at redhat dot com
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From: drepper at redhat dot com @ 2005-09-25 17:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
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------- Additional Comments From drepper at redhat dot com 2005-09-25 17:32 -------
I suggest finishing the project first. Add the multibyte sequences, add an
iconv converter (maybe we can automatically generate it, I'm not sure), and add
tests for the converter.
Ideally we should also have at the same time support for the other ISCII encodings.
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* [Bug localedata/828] Glibc does not have localedata for Devanagari ISCII encoding
2005-04-06 14:02 [Bug localedata/828] New: Glibc does not have localedata for Devanagari ISCII encoding jnansi at redhat dot com
2005-04-06 14:03 ` [Bug localedata/828] " jnansi at redhat dot com
2005-09-25 17:32 ` drepper at redhat dot com
@ 2006-04-25 22:57 ` drepper at redhat dot com
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From: drepper at redhat dot com @ 2006-04-25 22:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
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------- Additional Comments From drepper at redhat dot com 2006-04-25 22:57 -------
No progress for 6+ months. Closing.
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