Robert,
As I mentioned quite some time ago, I am an advocate of UTF-8/Unicode but
I don't dare try to restrict, force, and/or dictate/coerce other people to
use a single, specific codeset/encoding/locale etc. That would be such
an improper and unthinkable thing for me to do.
And, "advocating" and "forcing, restricting, and/or dictating" are two totally
different things.
With regards,
Ienup
] Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 20:26:40 +0000 (GMT)
] From: Robert Brady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
] Subject: Re: X input methods for utf-8?
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] On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, Ienup Sung wrote:
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] > The "much better" in that context was the client programs won't need to
] > do any iconv(3) stuff if your input and output will be only in UTF-8.
] >
] > As I wrote in the previous email though (and other emails related to
] > Xutf*() discussion), I also agree that there are cases that users want to
] > input and output with their current locale's codeset plus UTF-8/UTF-32 but
] > that's not the case that I was mentioning about in the email.
] >
] > Also, as I pointed out so many times in Xutf*() discussions,
] > I also think and believe that each user has freedom of choosing whatever
] > codeset and locale that he or she wants to use with his/her applications
] > that nobody dare can dictate and we also shouldn't force them to choose
] > any one codeset/locale.
]
] But you yourself are advocating forcing people to use UTF-8 locales for
] certain features, as indicated below. The point of adding Xutf is to
] allow these locales to be continue to used.
]
] > ] > My point was, if UTF-8/UTF-32 is the only multibyte/wide character
] > ] > representaion that you need in an application, it will be much better
] > ] > just to use xx_YY.UTF-8 locale of your choice instead of using xx_YY.ZZZ
] > ] > and then do the iconv(3C) at the client side.
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