bug#3179: Entering Chinese "zero": add U+3007

[Eli Zaretskii]

Ping!

Kenichi, could you please respond to this issue?  TIA.

> Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 16:00:19 +0300
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
> Cc: larsi@gnus.org, 3179@debbugs.gnu.org, jidanni@jidanni.org
> 
> > From: Štěpán Němec <stepnem@gmail.com>
> > Cc: 3179@debbugs.gnu.org, jidanni@jidanni.org
> > Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 14:00:35 +0200
> > 
> > On Tue, 15 Oct 2019 12:51:35 +0300
> > Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > 
> > > Ming Hua gave no reasoning, and Štěpán said U+3007 is the standard way
> > > to write ideographic zero.  But why should we assume the intent here
> > > was to use the ideographic zero?
> > 
> > The intent (to write ideographic zero, not white circle) is quite clear,
> > because that's what the key "ling2" means in Mandarin. As is usually the
> > case in Chinese, ling2 can also mean a lot of other things, but white
> > circle is not one of them.
> > 
> > You can check with any Chinese or Japanese input method what suggestion
> > you get for that key (in Japanese that'd be れい/rei). I, for example,
> > use fcitx with mozc for Japanese and sunpinyin for Chinese, both of
> > which do the right thing. (I don't normally use Emacs input methods for
> > CJK languages, I find quail too limited for those and I suspect the same
> > will be the case for other serious users, which might also be the reason
> > for the lack of previous feedback.)
> > 
> > That said, by all means, do check with Handa-san, I'm kind of curious
> > myself.
> 
> Thanks, I've CC'ed him.
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