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Article #277Re: Questions about LATIN-1 (8859-1)
From: Clive Feather
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1991 07:26
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1991 07:26
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In article <1991Apr29.184000.26077@zoo.toronto.edu> henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes: >>>>5) Why does the standard contain the diacritical marks ... >>These are _spacing_ diacritics and cannot be combined with letters in ISO 8859. >Uh, character code 010 is backspace, which makes such combination eminently >possible. Sorry, Henry, but character code 010 is, to quote ISO 8859/1, one of several: "bit combinations that do not represent graphic characters. Their use is outside the scope of ISO 8859; it is specified in other International Standards, for example ISO 646 or ISO 6429." [This wording applies to 0x00 to 0x1F, and 0x7F to 0x9F, inclusive.] In addition: "The use of control functions, such as BACKSPACE or CARRIAGE RETURN for the coded representation of composite characters is prohibited by ISO 8859." -- Clive D.W. Feather | IXI Limited | If you lie to the compiler, clive@x.co.uk | 62-74 Burleigh St. | it will get its revenge. Phone: +44 223 462 131 | Cambridge CB1 1OJ | - Henry Spencer (USA: 1 800 XDESK 57) | United Kingdom |
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!rpi!dali.cs.montana.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!jarthur!uunet!mcsun!ukc!acorn!ixi!clive From: clive@x.co.uk (Clive Feather) Newsgroups: comp.std.internat Subject: Re: Questions about LATIN-1 (8859-1) Message-ID: <Apr91.072622.29588@x.co.uk> Date: 30 Apr 91 07:26:22 GMT References: <1991Apr16.130422.16607@dde.dk> <1991Apr17.170515.2058@zoo.toronto.edu> <1991Apr27.053523.17867@timessqr.gc.cuny.edu> <1991Apr29.184000.26077@zoo.toronto.edu> Reply-To: clive@x.co.uk (Clive D.W. Feather) Organization: IXI Limited, Cambridge, UK Lines: 21