Re: Split a UTF-8 multi-octet sequence such that it cannot be unambiguously restored?

"Costello, Roger L. via Unicode" wrote: |Suppose an application splits a UTF-8 multi-octet sequence. The application \ |then sends the split sequence to a client. The client must restore \ |the original sequence. | |Question: is it possible to split a UTF-8 multi-octet

Re: Tales from the Archives

Terrible! Ken Whistler wrote in <12e6ad91-89e4-ec87-85ad-8fc4ab3f6...@att.net>: |Steffen, | |Are you looking for the Unicode list email archives? | |https://www.unicode.org/mail-arch/ | |Those contain list content going back all the way to 1994. Dear Ken Whistler, no, and yes, having an

Re: Tales from the Archives

James Kass via Unicode wrote in : ... |Eighteen years pass, display issues have mostly gone away, nearly |everything works "out-of-the-box", and list traffic has dropped |dramatically. Today's questions are usually either highly technical |or emoji-related. | |Recent threads related to

Re: Base64 encoding applied to different unicode texts always yields different base64 texts ... true or false?

Philippe Verdy via Unicode wrote in : |Padding itself does not clearly indicate the length. | |It's an artefact that **may** be infered only in some other layers \ |of protocols which specify when and how padding is needed (and how \ |many padding bytes |are required or accepted), it works

Re: Base64 encoding applied to different unicode texts always yields different base64 texts ... true or false?

Philippe Verdy via Unicode wrote in : |You forget that Base64 (as used in MIME) does not follow these rules \ |as it allows multiple different encodings for the same source binary. \ |MIME actually |splits a binary object into multiple fragments at random positions, \ |and then encodes these

Re: Base64 encoding applied to different unicode texts always yields different base64 texts ... true or false?

Doug Ewell via Unicode wrote in <2A67B4F082F74F8AADF34BA11D885554@DougEwell>: |Steffen Nurpmeso wrote: |> Base64 is defined in RFC 2045 (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions |> (MIME) Part One: Format of Internet Message Bodies). | |Base64 is defined in RFC 4648, "The Base16, Base32, and

Re: Unicode's got a new logo?

Yifán Wáng via Unicode wrote in : |I cannot help but notice the new home.unicode.org site embraces a new |logo, blue base color with a humanist type, rather than the |traditional one, red and geometric. Does anybody know if it means that |Unicode wants to renew its logo or that they serve for

Re: Access to the Unicode technical site (was: Re: Unicode's got a new logo?)

Hello Mr. Ken Whistler. Ken Whistler wrote in <3d1676bb-f3c1-8a3e-fdc5-1c0bdd74a...@sonic.net>: |On 7/18/2019 11:50 AM, Steffen Nurpmeso via Unicode wrote: |> I also decided to enter /L2 directly from now on. | |For folks wishing to access the UTC document register, Unicode |C

Re: Could U+E0001 LANGUAGE TAG become undeprecated please? There is a good reason why I ask

wjgo_10...@btinternet.com via Unicode wrote in <141cecf1.23e.1702ea529c1.webtop@btinternet.com>: |Could U+E0001 LANGUAGE TAG become undeprecated please? There is a good |reason why I ask | |There is a German song, Lorelei, and I searched to find an English |translation. Regarding Rhine