Quote from unicode

http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr2.html

“There is a standard extant for Sinhala described in A Standard Code for
Information Interchange in Sinhalese by V.K. Samaranayake and S.T. Nandasara
(ISO-IEC JTC1/SCL/WG2 N 673, Oct. 1990). The coding proposed in it was found
to be an inadequate basis for a modern, computer-based interchange code,
though it is adequate to handle the capabilities of a Sinhala typewriter for
representing contemporary colloquial Sinhala. ”

Read more on these links given below
http://www.lirneasia.net/2007/06/software-issues-in-sri-lanka-part-8/

Donald Gaminitillake
Colombo

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You will keep on asking for the positions of your famous DU, KU, GU.
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Same applies to Tamil and all other indic languages other than Bengali and Hindi as they are redoing their Character sets.

Donald

Donald Gaminitillake
Colombo

The above is typed using a Unicode Font. The typical and popular is Latha. I successfully copy and pasted to Word and others and it appears without any issue. (no need to try, as this works all the time except for you) Oh! luckily this time it’s tamil so you can’t argue on the SLSI 1134. So why not investigate how this tamil font works globally in the above person and many others and except you. No wonder you cant understand the foundationa and the workings of unicode other than you char allocation table. I feel sorry for people who put lot of energy to explain the technicalities behind how sinhala unicode works to someone who was blind throughout as now it appears donald is confused with tamil unicode as well.

It’s no point people trying to convince when you are blind to accept the reality. You will keep on asking for the positions of your famous DU, KU, GU. Why not start questioning some tamil chars to figure out the issue above where me, prof samarajeeva and other person interoperated without an issue and you struggle. Start questining for positions of tamil chars to see whether people from TN can start an argument with you. So another thread might be open for that “Software issues in Tamil” in some blog.

You can get some help if you wish to really read the above which is posted from somone perhaps outside Sri Lanka. Visit the famous wiki itself
http://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Font_help

Also do not forget to specially read the below part from wiki,

Why does Tamil Wikipedia use Unicode?
It’s an accepted standard (see above section).
Software to view and edit comes either with the Operating System or is freely available.
Search is seamless.
It is extremely easy to translate the wikipedia’s interface.
See discussion on Unicode usage in Wikipedia.

So in conclusion same applies to Sinhala Unicode! Places like wiki, google, microsoft, open-source all use Unicode! So all the best with your standard and try convincing MS, Google to others with your incompatibility, incomplete story.

You may see in your system but not on my system.

Unlike the Latin script You may not be able to cut and paste it into another application.(machine -editable)

This is the issue I am addressing for all indic languages

Donald Gaminitillake
Colombo

To சிவா:

Tamil SMS as an application is available to download via Airtel in Tamil Nadu. Also others are going to roll out as well. Your comments are very valuable and will pass them to some people in TN to take some actions to make them available in other states of India. Also a leading Indian VAS provider is going to push the Tamil SMS to all operators soon.

As per Nokia and Samsung it must be something to do with the distributors in TN.

There is no issue as mentioned above as each language will follow it’s establish standard and many are following the path of Unicode.

This is a first.

I have never downloaded any Tamil fonts, so this is unusual.

I am the only person addressing this issue in SriLanka for Sinhala and Tamil.
Pls visit my site http://www.akuru.org and
http://www.lirneasia.net/2006/10/software-issues-in-sri-lanka-part-5/
for more details

When we solve this issue in Lanka all Ethinic Indian languages could be corrected and follow the same path.

Donald Gaminitillake
Colombo

This is yet another example of Hindian fascsism in India (Hindia?). Hindi and the Hindians are the only ones who will be served.

Unicode works but not SLSI 1134 and Sinhala Unicode

Do not mix Unicode consortium and SLSI 1134 = Sinhala Unicode

Sinhala unicode is incorrect and incomplete

example
Give code points for “DU” “GU” “KU”

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Apart from sending to a PC
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You can send the data to a PC but can you read like the “Latin Script” one will need the same set of fonts.that the SMS used. This is the problem that I am addressing.

There is no proper standared for indic languages. First the standared then the software based on these standard. Otherwise it is a game of Monopoly.

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not only accepted in Sri Lanka
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Only with one service provider and need a specific type of handset and extra payment.
You cannot send a SMS in Sinhala to another service provider in Sri Lanka.
It is a game of Monopoly which is an illegal practice.

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we dont simply have time to discuss theory and waste many years
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You are having your own set of codepoints that you are not publishing to other software developers.

I am the person in Sri Lanka who had properly published the codepoints for all Sinhala characters.

First we have to get the Sinhala standard correct then provide the code points for all developers to make correct and proper software for the betterment of Sri Lanka

Donald Gaminitillake
Colombo

In India there is no monoploy as we had to compete with many players and Airtel selected and launched our service after many evaluations. If not known Airtel is the #1 mobile operator in INDIA and they have many experts on this subject and we cant fool anyone.

Apart from sending to a PC, we will be facilitating scrolling text on a TV as well in near future. We get more encouragement to do more and more innovations with comments made to us for our innovations. We warmly welcome many more such which will fuel our innovations and will give more determinations to do challenging tasks.

We have proved Unicode works. We have proved that our SMS application is not only accepted in Sri Lanka but also in India & Maldives. But we dont simply have time to discuss theory and waste many years rather than return practical/workable solutions to the world/society which we live.

News media people and who are at anchor will send text SMS to the base sometimes with images.

Really I would like to meet you

Donald Gaminitillake
Colombo