Re: How about a typology for input methods

> From: Mark E. Shoulson [mailto:mark@...]

> It's a little strange to me that one would classify writing systems

such

> that the basic category of a system changes like this, adding optional
> diacritics. I mean, yes, you can define anything you like, but such

an

> unstable system starts to lose its usefulness. Whatever Hebrew is, it
> makes more sense to classify it the same whether or not it's pointed.

I agree; otherwise, we can't classify scripts; we can only classify runs
of text.

S ths Ltn wrtng n bjd?



Peter Constable