mozhi_malayalam documentation updates needed

[LornaSIL]

When mozhi_malayalam had a major rewrite the rule for accessing ऽ anusvara (U+093D) was removed. We need the keyboard updated to access anusvara. In v 1.0 it was // and in v 2.0 it was possibly a#

See community request: https://community.software.sil.org/t/avagraha-symbol-prashlesha-symbol-combination-not-working-in-mozhi-malayalam/5284

[akhilsudhakaran]

Please note that the Malayalam symbol Avagraha is

ഽ malayalam u+00d3d 06475 3389 0xD3D ഽ

This is different in Devanagari which is

ऽ devanagari sign avagraha 04475 2365 0x93D ऽ

Could you please make the necessary changes to the feature request? Sorry for the confusing message that I created. Although both the symbols are basically the same, the way it is represented in Malayalam and in Vedic Sanskrit scripts are totally different.

Thanks a lot for helping.

Here are the references.

1. https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/U+093D
2. https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/U+0D3D

[mcdurdin]

Per @LornaSIL (ref),

It looks like if you type a\ it produces avagraha? Can you try that and see if it’s what is needed? Perhaps we just need to document it better.

And @akhilsudhakaran confirms:

Yes. a\ works!

So looks like just a documentation update is needed.

[darcywong00]

A separate request on the community site for em dash and en dash: https://community.software.sil.org/t/em-dash-and-en-dash-in-mozhi-keyboard/5472

@MakaraSok notes the rules are already in the .kmn but not documented in the help

[DavidLRowe]

See information in #1683

[beniza]

I acknowledge that the documentation for the Mozhi keyboard is not complete. My apologies. I'll update it when I sent the next PR. For now, here is the latest Mozhi 2.0 Keyboard Layout Unfortunately, it still doesn't reflect all the rules defined in the Mozhi Keyboard.

[beniza]

@akhilsudhakaran It will be great if you can help me by creating a better documentation for the Mozhi Keyboard. Mozhi spec has been updated recently and I'm in the process of rewriting the code. So you are most welcome to contribute to the code/documentation. TIA

[beniza]

Documentation has been improved in the last update. Also, a complete documentation (with examples) is made available here: https://sites.google.com/site/cibu/mozhi/mozhi2.

[beniza]

The keyboard layout image is not correctly resized on the help site, hence it got cropped from the right side. Should I manually resize it?

[DavidLRowe]

@LornaSIL What width do you recommend for images?

[beniza]

I've prepared a detailed documentation. I'll send a PR once I know how to solve this issue.

[LornaSIL]

@beniza I think 720 is about the best width for images that go into the help folders. The current ones in the help folder are 926 and 809. Sorry to not respond sooner.

[DavidLRowe]

@beniza Any news on the updated documentation?