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Article #120Re: Int'l Character set
From: Martin Minow
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 1990 16:54
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 1990 16:54
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In article <1990Jun1.010720.16597@agate.berkeley.edu> dankg@lightning.Berkeley.EDU (Dan KoGai) asks about the internationalization features of ISO 10646. As I recall (I've only seen an early draft), 10646 is a registry of characters. I.e., describes the way a conforming device converts a character into a shape. In general, each script is assigned a range of values, and characters are assigned within that range. As Dan points out, this is not sufficient, and, as I recall, other standards specify writing direction. There are other problems as well. For example, does the code for ASCII ( represent "left parenthesis" or "open parenthesis." While the Macintosh is evolving towards a multi-lingual environment, they do not seem to be approaching the problem from in the same way as the ISO Standard body which, in the long term, may be a problem for all of us. Martin Minow minow@thundr.enet.dec.com The above does not represent the position of Digital Equipment Corporation
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!rutgers!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!haven!decuac!shlump.nac.dec.com!mountn.dec.com!minow From: minow@mountn.dec.com (Martin Minow) Newsgroups: comp.std.misc Subject: Re: Int'l Character set Message-ID: <1647@mountn.dec.com> Date: 5 Jun 90 16:54:43 GMT References: <150@rossignol.Princeton.EDU> <BZS.90May23210652@world.std.com> <1990May30.045903.14249@agate.berkeley.edu> <3410@auspex.auspex.com> <1990Jun1.010720.16597@agate.berkeley.edu> <1990Jun5.102128.6577@tsa.co.uk> Reply-To: minow@thundr.enet.dec.com (Martin Minow) Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 20