[latex3-commits] [git/LaTeX3-latex3-babel] docs: Dealing with danda and onchar. (e58c807)

[Javier]

Repository : https://github.com/latex3/babel
On branch  : docs
Link       : https://github.com/latex3/babel/commit/e58c807c06a23ac9ce19c917cca6b4e93da211e9

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commit e58c807c06a23ac9ce19c917cca6b4e93da211e9
Author: Javier <email at localhost>
Date:   Fri Oct 29 17:16:17 2021 +0200

    Dealing with danda and onchar.


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e58c807c06a23ac9ce19c917cca6b4e93da211e9
 docs/guides/locale-bengali.md | 15 +++++++++++----
 docs/guides/locale-hindi.md   |  8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/guides/locale-bengali.md b/docs/guides/locale-bengali.md
index 9701305..9c64e27 100644
--- a/docs/guides/locale-bengali.md
+++ b/docs/guides/locale-bengali.md
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ form, you may still need some conversion because LaTeX uses internally
 the Arabic ones. With `luatex` there are two ways to map Arabic to
 Bengali numerals, passed as option to `\babelprovide`:
 * `maparabic` does it at the TeX level, by redefining `\arabic`. Note
-  form written to the auxiliary files is the converted one. It works
-  with `xetex`, too.
+  the form written to the auxiliary files is the converted one (which
+  can be an issue in indexes). It works with `xetex`, too.
 * `mapdigits` does it at the engine level. This is
   usually the preferred method.
 
@@ -49,10 +49,17 @@ See the explanation in the babel manual about `\localecounter` and
 _Only luatex_. The transform `danda.nobreak` prevents a line break
 before a danda or double danda if there is a space.
 
+In Unicode, danda and double danda are shared by several scripts, and
+`babel` doesn’t assign it by default to any of them. If you are using
+`onchar` to select the font you may want to assign them with:
+```tex
+\babelcharproperty{`।}{locale}{bengali}
+\babelcharproperty{`॥}{locale}{bengali}
+```
 
 ## Useful links
 
 * [How to write Bengali in LaTeX?](https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/561540/5735)
-* [Change numbering style to Bengali in nested ordered
-  list](https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/563725/5735)
+* [Change numbering style to Bengali in nested ordered list](https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/563725/5735)
+* [What is the best way to write Bangla in latex?](https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/620543/what-is-the-best-way-to-write-bangla-in-latex/620546#620546)
 * [Typesetting Bangla script with LuaLATEX](https://www.latex-project.org/publications/UFi-TUB-tb127fischer-bangla.pdf)
diff --git a/docs/guides/locale-hindi.md b/docs/guides/locale-hindi.md
index 9d53475..cb031f2 100644
--- a/docs/guides/locale-hindi.md
+++ b/docs/guides/locale-hindi.md
@@ -52,6 +52,14 @@ the following four characters: `!?:;`.
 The transform `danda.nobreak` prevents a line break before a danda or
 double danda if there is a space.
 
+In Unicode, danda and double danda are shared by several scripts, and
+`babel` doesn’t assign it by default to any of them. If you are using
+`onchar` to select the font you may want to assign them with:
+```tex
+\babelcharproperty{`।}{locale}{hindi}
+\babelcharproperty{`॥}{locale}{hindi}
+```
+
 ## Transliterations
 
 _Only luatex_. There is a transform (`transliteration.hk`) for the Harvard-Kyoto