----- Message d'origine ----- De : "John Cowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Rick McGowan scripsit: > > > Both (recent) Windows > > *Very* recent, which many have not yet adopted. > > > Both platforms also have other means [of inputing Unicode characters], > > such as the "Character Map" utility of Windows... > > Using which is a great pain in the rear. But at least this supports typing the names in one's language(*). I am bit afraid that other non-numeric methods (abreviations, entity reference) will be based on the English names for common characters ! Palettes would at least be language-neutral. P. Andries ------ (*) All Unicode 3.2 characters have equivalent French names (published through ISO 10646), regional standards bodies often published translation of the common characters in their script, Microsoft displays these names in the local language (I have seen them in German and French) through the Start> Accessories > System Tools > Character Map tool.
