> >Michael, you aren't an implementer. When you implement things > >unambiguously, you may need internal code points in your plain-text > >stream to attach higher-level protocols (such as formatting properties) > >to. > > That seems to be basically what William Overington is proposing, > except these characters only handle furigana, instead all markup.
and except that these (what-shoulda-been) noncharacters are internal use only, not used in open text interchange. And Microsoft has others of such beasties hiding internally as anchors for you-don't-wanna-know-what -- also not interchanged. The point is what consenting adults do behind closed doors to implement rich text is up to them. I don't know, I don't want to know, and I don't want it out scaring the horses. --Ken
