--- Tomas Frydrych <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Andrew Dunbar wrote: > > I want the piecetable and layout engine to work > for > > all the world's languages. Being optimized for > speed > > is also good. I won't sacrifice #1 for #2. > > The question of choosing utf-8 over utf-32 or vice > versa has nothing > at all to do with the combining characters. utf-8 > does not make > handling combining characters easier, nor does > utf-32 make it > more difficult, or the other way around. utf-8 will > not make AW any > more capable of handling all world's languages than > utf-32. utf-8 > requires more processing time for all people, utf-32 > more memory > for most people. That's the only objective issue in > making the > choice. Another, subjective, issue to consider is > that transition to > utf-32 will be very simple and transition to uft-8 > will not.
I didn't think people understood the combining character issue well enough but it seems they do now. You're completely right and I think I'm sold on the idea of UTF-32 internally now that we've wrangled it all out. Andrew Dunbar. > > Microsoft Word handles these things well. > MS Word does not use utf-8 internally. But that is > neither an > argument for using it, nor for not using it. > > Tomas > ===== http://linguaphile.sourceforge.net http://www.abisource.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com
