Andrew, it is definitely a requirement for some applications. However, it would not be surprising if applications overtime have made themselves independent of the registry entry.
I do know that to view my plane 1 example web page with IE, the registry needed to be set on both win 2k and win xp. http://www.i18nguy.com/unicode-example-plane1.html If I get some time later I'll play with unsetting it and see what happens now. tex "Andrew C. West" wrote: > > On Mon, 11 Nov 2002 08:55:37 -0800 (PST), Tex Texin wrote: > > > > > XP requires the registry change as well. > > I think the whole Registry thing is a red herring. I've never had to set the > registry to see surrogates under Windows 2K or XP. I've even deleted the > specified registry keys, and surrogates are still shown OK in IE, Notepad, Word > etc. > > BTW, any application that uses Uniscribe can display surrogates just fine under > Windows 9x as well as 2K and XP. > > Andrew -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Tex Texin cell: +1 781 789 1898 mailto:Tex@;XenCraft.com Xen Master http://www.i18nGuy.com XenCraft http://www.XenCraft.com Making e-Business Work Around the World -------------------------------------------------------------
