Support easy pat-sint combinations

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MyanmarJ reports:
"I have got an idea that try to make the buffer area(or the box keep text 
before input) smarter to eliminate the Special Words.
so we don't have to memorize a lot of special words.
like Mandalay just typeမန္တေလ into the buffer and let the buffer 
box show 
a suggest listမႏၲေလး"

This is a great idea; I'll have to sit down and think about how to 
actually implement it, but it should be perfectly feasible. This is on my 
wishlist for 1.7

Original issue reported on code.google.com by seth.h...@gmail.com on 12 Dec 2008 at 2:46

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We've considered this, and considered several options:
1) Have the user type both words in the "word window". So, "manta" instead of
"manda". We don't like this option, because it enforces a linguistic "boundary" 
on
pat-sint words which the average user doesn't care about.

2) Have the user type "man" and select မန္. Then have him type "ta". One 
of the
options is "တ", but another option is "မႏၲ". This option is highlighted 
in red, and
so is "မန္" in the sentence window. If the user chooses this option, the 
"ta" is
merged with the "man" already in the sentence window.

We like option 2, because we think the average Burmese user can figure this out 
after
a minute or so of trial-and-error. 

We will also leave in the "combined" way of typing pat-sint words, since many 
users
really like typing "manda" instead of "man_ta_". 

The only question left is where to put the combined option. I think it looks 
good at
the beginning, and this will work if most occurrences of "man" followed by "ta" 
are
meant to be "manda".

In progress....

Original comment by seth.h...@gmail.com on 31 Mar 2009 at 9:06

• Changed state: InProgress

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It now works, with "`" as a combiner. However, this is very experimental, as 
some
words aren't in the dictionary, and ONE word collides on the "`" key. So, 
marking
fixed, and we'll re-open if community involvement demands the fixes.

Original comment by seth.h...@gmail.com on 28 Apr 2009 at 3:11

• Changed state: Fixed