· To: IETF General Discussion Mailing List <ietf at ietf.org> · Subject: RFC 1345 as an input method
· From: Mr Kim Sanders <Mr.Kim.Sanders at shaw.ca> · Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 · Cc: John C Klensin <john-ietf at jck.com>; <46D7B176.1040206 at alvestrand.no> · In-reply-to: Harald Alvestrand <harald at alvestrand.no> · List-help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> · List-id: IETF-Discussion <ietf.ietf.org> · List-post: <mailto:[email protected]> · List-subscribe: <https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> · List-unsubscribe: <https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> · References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It would appear to me that the answer regarding consistency among the input methods, especially in how the variable-length character mnemonic [shorthand]s are framed, is answered in http://rfc.net/rfc1345.html at the end of section 2.4, part way down [Page 5]. I quote:— One prominent character in the reference character set is reserved for identifying variable-length mnemonics, namely the underline character "_". This character is intended as a delimiter both in the front and in the end of the mnemonic. An example of its use would be: (&=intro): &_j3210_ &_j4436_&_j6530_ These mnemonic shorthands could logically be used in personal Word Processing programs for macros (thus speeding up the keying in of data) as well as in non-Unicode-based genealogy programs (which only allow decimal ALT-code entry for characters not seen on the keyboard). Naturally, one could devise one's own system using mnemonic tables such as RFC 1345 for ideas. I personally am considering http://rfc.net/rfc1345.html (which appears to be used liberally in http://www.gloser.org/es/faq/shortcuts/ and http://www.eki.ee/letter/) along with other mnemonic layouts such as can be found at http://www.eki.ee/knab/kbdiakr.htm as well as more specialized sites like el_tigre's suggestion of 26 Jul 06 for Croatian at http://www.phrasebase.com/forum/read.php?action=print&TID=15844 and Vietnamese conventions (such as described at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telex_%28IME%29 and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIQR). As to the matter of IMEs (such as EMACS and SCIM), I'll leave that aspect to those specializing in that type of IME.
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