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diff --git a/language/tamil/wntamil/readme.doc b/language/tamil/wntamil/readme.doc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..631aaea674 --- /dev/null +++ b/language/tamil/wntamil/readme.doc @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ +\input tamilmax +4/20/90 + +** Brief notes on the use of the wntml Tamil-in-METAFONT font ** + +Wntml was developed for a bilingual dictionary project which +has now been in development for some six years. The project +was begun on PCs using a romanized transcription with no +attempts to represent Tamil script interactively. Existing +facilities for producing Tamil output are based entirely on this +less than optimal transcription of Tamil. + +Someone at liberty to begin anew, could use a much cleaner solution. +The transcription scheme we are using is illustrated by the following chart. +To view this chart in a meaningful way, run + tamilize readme.doc readme.tex +then TeX and print the results. (You will need to have +run METAFONT on wntml first, of course.) + + +~ a aa i ii u uu e ee o oo ai au + +ka kaa ki kii ku kuu ke kee ko koo kai kau + +nga ngaa ngi ngii ngu nguu nge ngee ngo ngoo ngai ngau + +ca caa ci cii cu cuu ce cee co coo cai cau + +5a 5aa 5i 5ii 5u 5uu 5e 5ee 5o 5oo 5ai 5au + +8a 8aa 8i 8ii 8u 8uu 8e 8ee 8o 8oo 8ai 8au + +3a 3aa 3i 3ii 3u 3uu 3e 3ee 3o 3oo 3ai 3au + +ta taa ti tii tu tuu te tee to too tai tau + +na naa ni nii nu nuu ne nee no noo nai nau + +pa paa pi pii pu puu pe pee po poo pai pau + +ma maa mi mii mu muu me mee mo moo mai mau + +ya yaa yi yii yu yuu ye yee yo yoo yai yau + +ra raa ri rii ru ruu re ree ro roo rai rau + +la laa li lii lu luu le lee lo loo lai lau + +va vaa vi vii vu vuu ve vee vo voo vai vau + +7a 7aa 7i 7ii 7u 7uu 7e 7ee 7o 7oo 7ai 7au + +9a 9aa 9i 9ii 9u 9uu 9e 9ee 9o 9oo 9ai 9au + +6a 6aa 6i 6ii 6u 6uu 6e 6ee 6o 6oo 6ai 6au + +2a 2aa 2i 2ii 2u 2uu 2e 2ee 2o 2oo 2ai 2au + +~ + +Tamilize converts the transcribed tamil (using the tilde +character as a delimiter for strings in Tamil script --- +text is assumed in Roman until the first tilde; the vertical +bar character is used to delimit strings which should be +output as romanized Tamil using the usual dots-under-letters +and other customary diacritics for Indic) into a series of +TeX macros, each of which prints a single +Tamil grapheme. Tamil graphemes generally correspond to +syllables, so essentially Tamilize is scanning its input +for syllables and invoking a predetermined macro for +each syllable. The current version of Tamilmax, in +which the syllable macros are defined, catcodes Ctrl-A +as equivalent to backslash, and Tamilize uses Ctrl-A as +the command character for all the Tamil syllable macros. +With an editor which can hide control characters, the +tamilized transliteration is still somewhat readable, +and is useful for debugging output. Extensive editing of text +should always take place in the un-tamilized transcription, +with subsequent tamilizing before running TeX --- otherwise +errors will almost certainly be introduced in the editing +process. + + +IF YOUR COPY OF WNTML INCLUDES A TAMDICT.TXT OR TAMDICT.TEX SAMPLE +FILE, PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THE SAMPLE IS FROM A WORK IN PROGRESS: +DO NOT QUOTE THE SAMPLE TEXT. + + +7/10/91 Some TeXs on PCs gag when they see the control-As which tamilize +introduces; users of such TeXs will prefer tmilize, which is just like +tamilize but uses '\' instead of '^A'. |