;;; ethio-util.el --- utilities for Ethiopic -*- coding: utf-8-emacs; -*-
-;; Copyright (C) 1997-1998, 2002-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1997-1998, 2002-2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
;; Copyright (C) 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
;; 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
;; National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
;;
(defvar ethio-primary-language 'tigrigna
- "*Symbol that defines the primary language in SERA --> FIDEL conversion.
+ "Symbol that defines the primary language in SERA --> FIDEL conversion.
The value should be one of: `tigrigna', `amharic' or `english'.")
(defvar ethio-secondary-language 'english
- "*Symbol that defines the secondary language in SERA --> FIDEL conversion.
+ "Symbol that defines the secondary language in SERA --> FIDEL conversion.
The value should be one of: `tigrigna', `amharic' or `english'.")
(defvar ethio-use-colon-for-colon nil
- "*Non-nil means associate ASCII colon with Ethiopic colon.
+ "Non-nil means associate ASCII colon with Ethiopic colon.
If nil, associate ASCII colon with Ethiopic word separator, i.e., two
vertically stacked dots. All SERA <--> FIDEL converters refer this
variable.")
(defvar ethio-use-three-dot-question nil
- "*Non-nil means associate ASCII question mark with Ethiopic old style question mark (three vertically stacked dots).
+ "Non-nil means associate ASCII question mark with Ethiopic old style question mark (three vertically stacked dots).
If nil, associate ASCII question mark with Ethiopic stylized question
mark. All SERA <--> FIDEL converters refer this variable.")
(defvar ethio-quote-vowel-always nil
- "*Non-nil means always put an apostrophe before an isolated vowel (except at word initial) in FIDEL --> SERA conversion.
+ "Non-nil means always put an apostrophe before an isolated vowel (except at word initial) in FIDEL --> SERA conversion.
If nil, put an apostrophe only between a 6th-form consonant and an
isolated vowel.")
(defvar ethio-W-sixth-always nil
- "*Non-nil means convert the Wu-form of a 12-form consonant to \"W'\" instead of \"Wu\" in FIDEL --> SERA conversion.")
+ "Non-nil means convert the Wu-form of a 12-form consonant to \"W'\" instead of \"Wu\" in FIDEL --> SERA conversion.")
(defvar ethio-numeric-reduction 0
- "*Degree of reduction in converting Ethiopic digits into Arabic digits.
+ "Degree of reduction in converting Ethiopic digits into Arabic digits.
Should be 0, 1 or 2.
For example, ({10}{9}{100}{80}{7}) is converted into:
`10`9`100`80`7 if `ethio-numeric-reduction' is 0,
`10900807 if `ethio-numeric-reduction' is 2.")
(defvar ethio-java-save-lowercase nil
- "*Non-nil means save Ethiopic characters in lowercase hex numbers to Java files.
+ "Non-nil means save Ethiopic characters in lowercase hex numbers to Java files.
If nil, use uppercases.")
(defun ethio-prefer-amharic-p ()