I don't want to discuss further this topic because I have received flamage accusations. I was reading that link you send however it is a bit complex for the non-coder / non-programmer. Have a good weekend. --- On Sun, 2/11/08, Doug Ewell <doug@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Doug Ewell <doug@xxxxxxxxxxx>> Subject: Re: Unicode.org Software Internationalisation Standards &Specifications> To: ietf@xxxxxxxx> Cc: linuxalinux@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sunday, 2 November, 2008, 4:37 PM> My last attempt to get through before PLONK.> > "linuxa linux" <linuxalinux at yahoo dot co> dot uk> wrote:> > > "Unicode makes it possible to put tens of> thousands of different characters on a .....a plain-text> document"> > > > I refer to .txt files, are you also suggesting that> you can put save a .txt file on the computer that has> unicode 0915 glyph shape?> > No plain-text file, anywhere, in any language, in any> character encoding, specifies the glyph shape. That is> outside the domain of plain text.> > This e-mail, which is written in plain text, does not> specify anything about the shapes of the letters, so even> though I see it in Lucida Sans Unicode, 10 point, you might> see it rendered entirely differently. You might see it in a> serif font, or cursive, or in bold block capitals. If you> were blind, you might not see it at all; you might hear it> read to you by a screen reader.> > If you want the letter between J and L to be represented> with a specific glyph, you have two choices:> > 1. Use U+004B or U+006B, the correct CHARACTER, but> specify a particular font that renders that character as if> it were U+0915.> > 2. Use U+0915 directly, which destroys searching and> sorting, but which will usually be rendered the way you want> (or as a box).> > The right thing to do, before carrying on this crusade> against Unicode, would be to read and learn about the> difference between "characters" and> "glyphs." See> http://unicode.org/reports/tr17/#CharactersVsGlyphs. It is> much easier to criticize than learn, however, so I doubt you> will do this.> > --> Doug Ewell * Thornton, Colorado, USA * RFC 4645 * UTN> #14> http://www.ewellic.org> http://www1.ietf.org/html.charters/ltru-charter.html> http://www.alvestrand.no/mailman/listinfo/ietf-languages > ˆ _______________________________________________Ietf mailing listIetf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf