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From: kyongsok kim
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 1990 16:22
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 1990 16:22
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In article <106@lysator.liu.se> aronsson@lysator.liu.se (Lars Aronsson) writes: :prc@erbe.se (Robert Claeson) writes: : :>As far as I know, ISO 2022 is mostly intended to be used for information :>*transfer*, not *processing*. Your word processor should convert the :>data read from the file into whatever internal format is appropriate :>for the operations you want to perform on it. : :You are absolutely right. Transfer is the INTENT. Every new standard :has an quite limited scoop intended and as you stick to it everything :is fine. I had the same question and read ISO documents very carefully several times only to fail to find any clue. I wonder if such an intent has been explicitly mentioned in the ISO document? Or is it just a guess? Thanks.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!ogicse!plains!kkim From: kkim@plains.UUCP (kyongsok kim) Newsgroups: comp.std.misc Subject: Re: Int'l Character set (Was: Re: filen Message-ID: <5183@plains.UUCP> Date: 29 Jun 90 16:22:12 GMT Organization: North Dakota State University Fargo, ND Lines: 19