If you remove yourself from the concept of "text" but think of it as a
"presentation" layer issues, then you will realise both of you are
speaking of the same thing. :-)
-James Seng
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam M. Costello" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "idn working group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 11:43 AM
Subject: Re: [idn] IDNs in email message bodies
> William Tan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > However, I agree that ACE should be 'converted' for display, and
> > strictly for display only. This is analogous from mail clients
> > detecting mail / url addresses and hyperlinking it.
>
> I disagree. I don't think it is analogous. Hyperlinking the text may
> add underlines or color, but it does not change the text itself.
>
> The recipient, looking at the message body, should ideally see the
> same thing the sender saw when composing the message body. If the
> message body contains Chinese characters XXX.cn, then that's what
> should be displayed. But if the message body contains ASCII
characters
> bq--xxx.cn, then that's what should be displayed, because that's what
> the sender saw and intended for the recipient to see.
>
> AMC
>
