[ILUG] Help with LC_COLLATE element for glibc

[Brian Foster]

   in case anyone has some copious spare time ....

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Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 05:34:24 +0100
From: Christopher Fynn <cfynn at gmx.net>
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Subject: Help with LC_COLLATE element for glibc
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Is there someone who might be willing to help write LC_COLLATE elements 
for Dzongkha (dz) & Tibetan (bo) locales for glibc?  A Bhutanese friend 
has been trying to do this for months with and has asked me for
help, but I know next to nothing about LC_COLLATE.

I do know the rules for Dzongkha and Tibetan word ordering and have a 
tailored UCA collation table which works for both Dzongkha & Tibetan 
(Tibetan collation rules are a true sub-set of those for Dzongkha which 
is slightly more complex) - but it beats me how to implement this
using the iso14651 like tailoring method used for in glibc locales.

There is  some background info on Tibetan & Dzongkha collation at:
http://www.columbia.edu/~ph2046/iats/it/Chilton_slides.pdf

Many thanks
 - Chris

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