Since the list seems to be a bit slow on substantive issues, may I ask a few questions for clarification please.
Q1 on unification of abstract characters. If abstract character x is unified with abstract character y, and the use of abstract character x is thereby deprecated or discouraged, am I correct in assuming abstract character x would be unlikely to have a glyph representation associated with it in a type font designed for use with Unicode? If this is a false assumption, are both abstract characters represented by glyphs which are distinctly different? If this is a correct assumption, what alternatives are available for the glyph representation of abstract character x (the unified abstract character) in text discussing the differences and variations between the two abstract characters? Q2 in partial comment on draft-masinter-url-i18n-08.txt which arrived in at an opportune time, is there an editing tool which distinguishes U+0020 and U+00A0 visually for "end-users" and which does NOT use "smart" logic to insert U+00A0 into text, i.e., has a user-controlled option to prohibit the insertion of U+00A0 unless explicitly specified by the user? Bill Kurmey, Edmonton, AB, Canada
