On 1/15/2022 12:33 PM, hanneder--- via ntg-context wrote:
>> - We added indic language patterns ad well as defined the languages
>> but labels are on the todo as are conversions; kauśika is working on
>
> Perhaps the following notes are useful.
>
> 1. The simplest way, and what I was talking about, is to write and print
> Sanskrit in
> transliteration.
>
> ānandaḥ -> ānandaḥ
>
> 2. Then we can of course write and print the same word in the usual
> Indian Script (Devanāgarī)
>
> आनन्दः -> आनन्दः
>
> 3. But for academic use, one wants an input in roman (e-text are usually
> in roman), and the option
> to have an output in Devanāgarī)
>
> ānandaḥ -> आनन्दः
>
> For this an option with the transliterator would be required, I guess(?)
>
> Theoretically one could write Sanskrit in many scripts -- it has been
> written
> with many Indian scripts in history --, but I am wondering about the
> practical value of this.
> For imitating historic prints it would no doubt be nice, but not urgent.
>
> I was not aware of the hyphenation patterns by Yves Codet, if they work,
> they would cover case 1
> and 2. And I just heard from a colleague that the latest babel version
> is incorporating a Sanskrit option
> that might cover the same ground (I am not sure whether this is useful).
>
> Thanks a lot! I just have to learn more about ConTeXt to able to use it:)
does the attached sort of what you want
Hans
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