>>>>> Rugxulo <rugx...@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>> On Aug 23, 2012 12:14 PM, "Ivan Shmakov" <oneing...@gmail.com> wrote:
[…]
>> FWIW, I was thinking about making a combined “FreeDOS & Bloček” note
>> for our SFD flyers (well, free software variant of PC DOS is not as
>> impressive as a free software variant of PC DOS with a
>> Unicode-enabled text editor),
> But how useful is Unicode unless you have something to read / write?
> Also, are you really needing to mix multiple languages / glyphs in
> the same doc?
Once, I've written a document which, while for the most part
cyrillic, included more than a few passages in English and
Latin. It's not a problem, as the latter two could be encoded
in pure ASCII (as long as one doesn't care about, say, ae and
oe), and thus all its extensions, but I guess that one of my
future documents is likely to contain a few passages in
Esperanto just as well, so…
Bear in mind also that it's not only the script that matters —
various typography (like: proper quotes, dashes, bullets) aren't
universally available in unibyte encodings.
> Or just need the end resulting encoding to be in popular, compatible
> format? If only the latter, copy and paste and iconv / recode
> etc. is sufficient.
Sufficient, yes. Convenient, I doubt it.
>> but was quick to find that I can't even try Bloček myself, as it
>> requires me to use some proprietary software first!
> Do you want me to repack it in .7z for you?
Yes, please.
> Most around here aren't as idealistic enough to avoid all proprietary
> things. (I doubt any of us uses a Lemote MIPS a la RMS, much less
> exclusively!)
Well, neither do I use SeaBIOS (or TianoCore.) But using a
proprietary archiver while the free software ones are so
widespread is somewhat off the limits for me.
> If you want to edit Unicode in DOS, you have several options,
> e. g. GNU Emacs 23.3 (DJGPP), Mined, Blocek, etc.
Don't they all use VGA (EGA) text modes (and thus 256 or 512
glyphs at one time)?
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