That is what I was saying: the test should be changed from:<br><br> The script of the preceding character and the subsequent<br>
character, if any, MUST be Hebrew.<br><br>to<br><br> The script of the preceding character MUST be Hebrew.<br><br>or, more accurately:<br><br> There must be a preceding character, and its script MUST be Hebrew.<br clear="all">
<br>Mark<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/7/15 Matitiahu Allouche <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:matial@il.ibm.com">matial@il.ibm.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br><font face="sans-serif" size="2">Patrik Fältström asked (speaking of
the Rule Set for Geresh):</font>
<br><font face="sans-serif" size="2"><quote></font><tt><font size="2">Should
be changed so it is also ok if the character before or after is <br>
a '-'?</font></tt><font face="sans-serif" size="2">:<end of quote></font>
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<br><font face="sans-serif" size="2">I don't see a valid use case where Geresh
could come after a '-'.</font>
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<br><font face="sans-serif" size="2">Geresh is normally used in Hebrew as
the last character of an abbreviation. The previous character should
thus be a Hebrew letter.</font>
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<br><font face="sans-serif" size="2">In the context of IDNA where 2 or more
parts of speech may be joined as one token (label), I don't see a way to
restrict what may come after the Geresh.<br>
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<br><tt><font size="2"><div><div></div><div class="h5">On 5 nov 2008, at 03.15, Mark Davis wrote:<br>
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> For example those for GERESH, which can be a final character in <br>
> words, but the rules<br>
> require to be followed by a Hebrew letter, when "-" should
also be <br>
> allowed<br>
> (the GERSHAYIM rules on the other hand are ok, since it is only <br>
> medial).<br>
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Is what you are saying that the current rules:<br>
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> Appendix A.8. HEBREW PUNCTUATION GERESH<br>
> Code point:<br>
> U+05F3<br>
> Overview:<br>
> The script of the preceding character and the
subsequent<br>
> character, if any, MUST be Hebrew.<br>
> Lookup:<br>
> False<br>
> Rule Set:<br>
> False;<br>
> If Script(Before(cp)) .eq. Hebrew And<br>
> LastChar .eq. cp Then True;<br>
> If Script(Before(cp)) .eq. Hebrew
And<br>
> Script(After(cp)) .eq. Hebrew
Then True;<br>
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Should be changed so it is also ok if the character before or after is
<br>
a '-'?<br>
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Please provide new rules.<br>
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paf<br>
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