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-rw-r--r--lisp/international/fontset.el2
-rw-r--r--lisp/language/indian.el34
3 files changed, 40 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 14d970fe11a..6913f159c08 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -596,6 +596,10 @@ to edit such sequences by allowing point to "enter" the sequence.
*** New language environment "Northern Thai".
This uses the Tai Tham script, whose support has been enhanced.
+*** New language environment "Brahmi".
+This language environment supports Brahmi, which is a historical
+script that was used in ancient South Asia.
+
* Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 29.1
diff --git a/lisp/international/fontset.el b/lisp/international/fontset.el
index 1950a409354..883f08905e9 100644
--- a/lisp/international/fontset.el
+++ b/lisp/international/fontset.el
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@
(chorasmian #x10FB0)
(elymaic #x10FE0)
(old-uyghur #x10F70)
+ (brahmi #x11013 #x11045 #x11052 #x11065)
(mahajani #x11150)
(khojki #x11200)
(khudawadi #x112B0)
@@ -770,6 +771,7 @@
chorasmian
elymaic
old-uyghur
+ brahmi
makasar
dives-akuru
cuneiform
diff --git a/lisp/language/indian.el b/lisp/language/indian.el
index e0adb0de6c3..310905534e6 100644
--- a/lisp/language/indian.el
+++ b/lisp/language/indian.el
@@ -126,6 +126,16 @@ environment."))
South Indian language Malayalam is supported in this language environment."))
'("Indian"))
+(set-language-info-alist
+ "Brahmi" '((charset unicode)
+ (coding-system utf-8)
+ (coding-priority utf-8)
+ ; (input-method . "brahmi") ; FIXME
+ (documentation . "\
+The ancient Brahmi script is supported in this language environment."))
+ '("Indian")) ; Should we have an "Old" category?
+
+
;; Replace mnemonic characters in REGEXP according to TABLE. TABLE is
;; an alist of (MNEMONIC-STRING . REPLACEMENT-STRING).
@@ -384,6 +394,30 @@ South Indian language Malayalam is supported in this language environment."))
(list (vector (cdr slot) 0 #'font-shape-gstring))))))
char-script-table))
+;; Brahmi composition rules
+(let ((consonant "[\U00011013-\U00011034]")
+ (non-consonant "[^\U00011013-\U00011034]")
+ (numeral "[\U00011052-\U00011065]")
+ (multiplier "[\U00011064\U00011065]")
+ (virama "\U00011046")
+ (number-joiner "\U0001107F"))
+ (set-char-table-range composition-function-table
+ '(#x11046 . #x11046)
+ (list (vector
+ ;; Consonant conjuncts
+ (concat consonant virama consonant)
+ 1 'font-shape-gstring)
+ (vector
+ ;; Vowelless consonants
+ (concat consonant virama non-consonant)
+ 1 'font-shape-gstring)))
+ (set-char-table-range composition-function-table
+ '(#x1107F . #x1107F)
+ (list (vector
+ ;; Additive-multiplicative numerals
+ (concat multiplier number-joiner numeral)
+ 1 'font-shape-gstring))))
+
(provide 'indian)
;;; indian.el ends here