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authorKarl Williamson <khw@khw-desktop.(none)>2009-12-25 10:40:56 -0700
committerAbigail <abigail@abigail.be>2009-12-25 22:06:00 +0100
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A Unicode I<logical> "character" can actually consist of more than one internal
I<actual> "character" or code point. For Western languages, this is adequately
-represented by a I<base character> (like C<LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A>), followed
+modelled by a I<base character> (like C<LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A>) followed
by one or more I<modifiers> (like C<COMBINING ACUTE ACCENT>). This sequence of
base character and modifiers is called a I<combining character
sequence>. Some non-western languages require more complicated
-representations, so Unicode invented a I<grapheme cluster> and then an
-I<extended grapheme cluster>. For example, A Korean Hangul syllable is
+models, so Unicode created the I<grapheme cluster> concept, and then the
+I<extended grapheme cluster>. For example, a Korean Hangul syllable is
considered a single logical character, but most often consists of three actual
-characters: a leading consonant followed by an interior vowel followed by a
-trailing consonant.
+Unicode characters: a leading consonant followed by an interior vowel followed
+by a trailing consonant.
Whether to call these extended grapheme clusters "characters" depends on your
point of view. If you are a programmer, you probably would tend towards seeing