Re: sa-iast.mim: About the updates in https://github.com/indic-transliteration/m17n-db-indic

[Mike FABIAN]

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

> On Thu, 24 Aug 2023 at 21:04, Mike FABIAN <mfabian@redhat.com> wrote:
>
>> Dominik Wujastyk <wujastyk@gmail.com> さんはかきました:
>>
>> > Dear colleagues,
>> >
>> > Thank you for working on this issue of Vedic accents in the sa-iast.mim
>> > keystroke definitions.
>> >
>> > I am writing with a mild plea for a conservative approach to sa-iast.
>> I've
>> > been using this keyboard for many years now, more or less all day in all
>> my
>> > writing. Seeing this keyboard being changed is making me nervous :-)   I
>> > realize that you are defining key presses that are outside the core of
>> > non-accented IAST chars, and you haven't proposed any changes to the main
>> > accented alphabet of ṛṝṣśḥṭḍḥñṇṃṅ etc.  I hope you will continue to keep
>> > that cautious approach to sa-iast.
>>
>> So these additions do not conflict with your usage?
>>
>> > We don't want to suffer from creeping
>> > featurism.
>>
>> Yes, we should be very careful not to break anything for existing users.
>>
>> > Perhaps it would be an idea to call the new layout sa-iast-vedic.mim
>> > or something?
>>
>> Yes, we could also do that! What is your opinion, Vishvas?
>>
>
> I personally don't care either way since I prefer ISO-itrans ...

That seems to mean that we should either add it as sa-iast-vedic.mim and
leave sa-iast.mim alone or not add it at all because Vishvas uses
ISO-itrans anyway. Are there other users besides Vishvas who want to use
sa-iast with Vedic accents? If it is unlikely that anybody would use it,
then better not add it.

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Mike FABIAN <mfabian@redhat.com>
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