Re: PDF and Unicode (was: Boreanesian in the Web (was: Why Triggers?))

En réponse à Dungeonmaster <dungeonmaster@...>:

>
> And what happened when you first downloaded it and then loaded it in
> Acrobat
> Reader? I still don't understand what is going wrong with your
> system...
>
I tried it by download. The downloading itself took five seconds, and then it
took five more seconds to appear when I double-clicked on the file. And the
dotted lines appeared quasi instantaneously (still, I can see them appearing).
It's really a problem with Acrobat Reader working together with Internet
Explorer.

>
> > My point is
> > to make a system that is easy to use for conlangers (even the
> > ones who love
> > weird sounds) and that you don't need to relearn it completely.
> > And I want a
> > more systematic use of one character diacritics (like \ as used
> > by X-SAMPA).
> > For instance, I'm planning to use ! as a click marker (so for
> > instance /p!/:
> > bilabial click).
> >
> > What do you think of it?
>
> I am afraid it is a waste of time, unless you want to use it purely for
> your
> own stuff. Even then, you would have to translate if you want to publish
> on
> this list... I think it is more worthwhile to invent another conlang,
> or
> convince the internet software companies to switch to Unicode.
>
Well, it's made anyway (in my head). I just have to transcribe it on paper now.
So, it's really no waste of time. As for inventing another conlang, I'm
currently busy reviving my Itakian, and it didn't make me lose time on it. I
kind of thought of this transliteration system during the holes in my
schedule :)) .

Christophe.

http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr

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