Re: Option to choose western numerals in Indic input methods?

[Mike FABIAN]

"विश्वासो वासुकिजः (Vishvas Vasuki)" <vishvas.vasuki@gmail.com> さんはかきました:

> namaste,
>
> As long as the option is not enabled by default for all scripts, this is
> good.

Yes, I think the default should stay as it is, by default the Indian
numbers should be used.

> kannaDa and devanAgarI numerals are in regular use (eg. in books, and even
> in number plates and such a couple of decades ago). They are easily
> recognized and often used.
>
> On Wed, 2 Aug 2023 at 22:32, Mike FABIAN <mfabian@redhat.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Recently somebody reported this issue against ibus-m17n:
>>
>> https://github.com/ibus/ibus-m17n/issues/60
>>
>> > when selecting an indic input method like 'hindi', 'telugu', one
>> automatically
>> > gets numerals too in those languages. Most of these people have adopted
>> > the western numerals, therefore there should be an option allowing or
>> > disabling the chosen language numerals. That is how it is in latex, and
>> libreoffice
>>
>> > There should be an option locking numerals to western only
>>
>> I suggested to add such an option to each of the Indic input methods.
>> As I showed in this example:
>>
>> https://github.com/ibus/ibus-m17n/issues/60#issuecomment-1623719128
>>
>> For te-itrans.mim the change to add that option would look as in the
>> diff below. I could easily add such a new option to **all** Indic input
>> methods. By default the option `ascii-digits` would be 0, i.e. by
>> default the input methods would produce native language digits as
>> before. But one would have the option to choose to use western digits
>> instead.
>>
>> What do you all think? Is this a good idea? Should I do it?
>>
>> The changes would like like in this example:
>>
>> --- /usr/share/m17n/te-itrans.mim
>> +++ /usr/share/m17n/te-itrans.mim
>> @@ -30,6 +30,12 @@
>>
>>  (title "క")
>>
>> +(variable
>> + (ascii-digits
>> +  (_"If this variable is 0 (the default), this input method uses Telugu
>> digits.
>> +If this variable is 1, ASCII digits are produced.")
>> +  0 0 1)) ; ((NAME [DESCRIPTION DEFAULT-VALUE VALID-VALUE ...])
>> +
>>  (map
>>   (starter
>>    (".") ("~") ("#") ("$") ("^") ("*") ((S-\ )) ((C-@))
>> @@ -122,30 +128,50 @@
>>    ("H" "ః")
>>    (".h" "్")                            ; not in ITRANS Telugu table
>>    ;; (".a" "ఽ")                                ; not in Unicode 4.1
>> -  ("0" "౦")
>> -  ("1" "౧")
>> -  ("2" "౨")
>> -  ("3" "౩")
>> -  ("4" "౪")
>> -  ("5" "౫")
>> -  ("6" "౬")
>> -  ("7" "౭")
>> -  ("8" "౮")
>> -  ("9" "౯")
>> +  ("0" (cond ((= ascii-digits 0) "౦")
>> +             ((= ascii-digits 1) "0")))
>> +  ("1" (cond ((= ascii-digits 0) "౧")
>> +             ((= ascii-digits 1) "1")))
>> +  ("2" (cond ((= ascii-digits 0) "౨")
>> +             ((= ascii-digits 1) "2")))
>> +  ("3" (cond ((= ascii-digits 0) "౩")
>> +             ((= ascii-digits 1) "3")))
>> +  ("4" (cond ((= ascii-digits 0) "౪")
>> +             ((= ascii-digits 1) "4")))
>> +  ("5" (cond ((= ascii-digits 0) "౫")
>> +             ((= ascii-digits 1) "5")))
>> +  ("6" (cond ((= ascii-digits 0) "౬")
>> +             ((= ascii-digits 1) "6")))
>> +  ("7" (cond ((= ascii-digits 0) "౭")
>> +             ((= ascii-digits 1) "7")))
>> +  ("8" (cond ((= ascii-digits 0) "౮")
>> +             ((= ascii-digits 1) "8")))
>> +  ("9" (cond ((= ascii-digits 0) "౯")
>> +             ((= ascii-digits 1) "9")))
>>    ("#" "్ర")                            ; not in ITRANS Telugu table
>>    ("$" "ర్")                            ; not in ITRANS Telugu table
>>    ("^" "త్ర")                           ; not in ITRANS Telugu table
>>    ("*" "శ్ర")                           ; not in ITRANS Telugu table
>> -  ((KP_1) "౧")
>> -  ((KP_2) "౨")
>> -  ((KP_3) "౩")
>> -  ((KP_4) "౪")
>> -  ((KP_5) "౫")
>> -  ((KP_6) "౬")
>> -  ((KP_7) "౭")
>> -  ((KP_8) "౮")
>> -  ((KP_9) "౯")
>> -  ((KP_0) "౦")
>> +  ((KP_1) (cond ((= ascii-digits 0) "౧")
>> +                ((= ascii-digits 1) "1")))
>> +  ((KP_2) (cond ((= ascii-digits 0) "౨")
>> +                ((= ascii-digits 1) "2")))
>> +  ((KP_3) (cond ((= ascii-digits 0) "౩")
>> +                ((= ascii-digits 1) "3")))
>> +  ((KP_4) (cond ((= ascii-digits 0) "౪")
>> +                ((= ascii-digits 1) "4")))
>> +  ((KP_5) (cond ((= ascii-digits 0) "౫")
>> +                ((= ascii-digits 1) "5")))
>> +  ((KP_6) (cond ((= ascii-digits 0) "౬")
>> +                ((= ascii-digits 1) "6")))
>> +  ((KP_7) (cond ((= ascii-digits 0) "౭")
>> +                ((= ascii-digits 1) "7")))
>> +  ((KP_8) (cond ((= ascii-digits 0) "౮")
>> +                ((= ascii-digits 1) "8")))
>> +  ((KP_9) (cond ((= ascii-digits 0) "౯")
>> +                ((= ascii-digits 1) "9")))
>> +  ((KP_0) (cond ((= ascii-digits 0) "౦")
>> +                ((= ascii-digits 1) "0")))
>>    ((S-\ ) "‌")                          ; not in ITRANS Telugu table
>>    ((C-@) "‍"))                          ; not in ITRANS Telugu table
>>
>>
>> --
>> Mike FABIAN <mfabian@redhat.com>
>> 睡眠不足はいい仕事の敵だ。
>>
>>
>>

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Mike FABIAN <mfabian@redhat.com>
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