I don't want to discuss further this topic because I have received flamage accusations. I was reading that link you send however it is a bit complex for the non-coder / non-programmer.
Have a good weekend. --- On Sun, 2/11/08, Doug Ewell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Doug Ewell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Unicode.org Software Internationalisation Standards > &Specifications > To: [email protected] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Sunday, 2 November, 2008, 4:37 PM > My last attempt to get through before PLONK. > > "linuxa linux" <linuxalinux at yahoo dot co > dot uk> wrote: > > > "Unicode makes it possible to put tens of > thousands of different characters on a .....a plain-text > document" > > > > I refer to .txt files, are you also suggesting that > you can put save a .txt file on the computer that has > unicode 0915 glyph shape? > > No plain-text file, anywhere, in any language, in any > character encoding, specifies the glyph shape. That is > outside the domain of plain text. > > This e-mail, which is written in plain text, does not > specify anything about the shapes of the letters, so even > though I see it in Lucida Sans Unicode, 10 point, you might > see it rendered entirely differently. You might see it in a > serif font, or cursive, or in bold block capitals. If you > were blind, you might not see it at all; you might hear it > read to you by a screen reader. > > If you want the letter between J and L to be represented > with a specific glyph, you have two choices: > > 1. Use U+004B or U+006B, the correct CHARACTER, but > specify a particular font that renders that character as if > it were U+0915. > > 2. Use U+0915 directly, which destroys searching and > sorting, but which will usually be rendered the way you want > (or as a box). > > The right thing to do, before carrying on this crusade > against Unicode, would be to read and learn about the > difference between "characters" and > "glyphs." See > http://unicode.org/reports/tr17/#CharactersVsGlyphs. It is > much easier to criticize than learn, however, so I doubt you > will do this. > > -- > Doug Ewell * Thornton, Colorado, USA * RFC 4645 * UTN > #14 > http://www.ewellic.org > http://www1.ietf.org/html.charters/ltru-charter.html > http://www.alvestrand.no/mailman/listinfo/ietf-languages > ˆ _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
