--- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, Marco Cimarosti <marco.cimarosti@...>
wrote:

> In any case, I was describing what each "logical module" does

during an

> editing session, because Susan was after the wrong impression that

the

> display module (Uniscribe, in Windows) handled things like the

delete keys.

> Discussing the precise software tier in which each one these

modules sits in

> *Windows* was quite out of the scope of my discussion, and quite

OT for this

> forum, I think.

Hello, Marco, my name is Suzanne (Suisse-Romande). And yes, I do
need to know the precise software tier. Uniscribe seems to control
both cursor and highlighting behaviour. The application controls
backspacing. Do I have this right?

If I want to edit my most recent akshara, then I backspace.
However, if I see an error in the preceding text I try to place the
cursor, highlight and delete as I would in English. Then, I
definitely am made aware that this application is running off a
particular Uniscribe version. Behaviour is quite different because
placing the cursor within an akshara is not allowed in the recent
Uniscribe version. However, this is not a problem - actually, I
think it is much better because once the akshara is broken it can
only be retyped - it can't be put back together. However, I have
sometimes wasted time, using the earlier Uniscribe, trying to put
the pieces back together, can't be done in MS Works at any rate. In
some applications, I can backspace the vowel but cannot retype the
vowel anyway. I have to begin the akshara all over again. The
variation in editing behaviour from one application to another is
extreme.

So your explanation was essential but not sufficient.

Evidently some people like to make sure that all their applications
access the same Uniscribe version, so SIL has a site where you can
learn how to identify and move Uniscribe versions.

Suzanne McCarthy