>Hmm, what is implemeted in Linux is really not Unicode, but 10646, and >was that from the outset, eg 32 bit wchar_t.
Where in Linux? There are programs that are generally considered Linux programs that implement the full regalia of the Unicode Technical Reports, and all the other various details that seperate Unicode from ISO 10646. I don't hear much about the ISO 10646 levels that have no Unicode equivelents, though. >The supplementary information is much covered in 14651 and 14652. >And the specifications in Linux are then build on these standards >not Unicode tables. There's a discussion of the UnicodeData.txt file over on debian-devel and debian-legal. There are several copies in Debian, in miscfiles, perl and clisp. Many other programs have data generated from the Unicode data. As for the license, the conclusion was that it was acceptable. (As for general opinion, I think it were more along the lines of we need this file, a couple well-respected people think it's all right, so let's just leave it along.) >The definitions in ISO on what is standards in general, encompasses >ISO TRs as standadrs. It is not an ISO standard, but it is a standard >in the generic sense of the word. In the most generic sense of the word, yes. But so are Microsoft code pages. It is not supported by a standards group, whether dedicated (so, yes, Unicode counts, as does the LFS and other random standards) or general (i.e. ISO, IETF, ANSI, ECMA, etc.) >I then think you are mislabelling the use of UTF-8 in Linux, as the >Unicode standards are not adhered to. I think they are; just as much to the point, I think people are trying to follow Unicode. Any developer who needs to work with this can put down $50 for a nice hardcopy of the Unicode standard; any one can read it online. When I write code, when I make suggestions, when I make bugreports, I'm doing it based on three sources: www.unicode.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] and my hardcopy of the Unicode standard. I think others do the same. -- Linux-UTF8: i18n of Linux on all levels Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-utf8/
