Le 23 avr. 07 à 21:28 Soir, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit:

> This has nothing to do with RB.  This has purely to do with
> information.  If I give you the bytes 3D FA C4 B6, along with (to make
> it even easier!) the clue that each byte corresponds to one character,
> can you tell me what the text is with absolute certainty?  No, you
> cannot.  It's not enough information.  In addition to the bytes, you
> also need to know the mapping from bytes to characters.  We call that
> mapping a "text encoding" and it's the additional information that any
> system needs (implicitly or explicitly) to interpret bytes as text.

Thank you.
So I modify my question: if I want to create my own encoding, how do  
I create my new mapping containing, say, only vowels with and without  
accents? How will my application (passing from RB and the OS) be  
aware that my encoding has been "installed"?
_______________________________________________
Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode:
<http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/>

Search the archives:
<http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>

Reply via email to