Re: Character indices (was: Unicode Humor)

[Thomas Chan]

On Fri, 26 Apr 2002, [iso-2022-jp] $B$m!;!;!;!;(B $B$m!;!;!;(B wrote:

> In the Unicode 3.0 book, WHY ON EARTH are the Han digits (you know them) 
> not listed directly with the other numerics? They are given their own 
> category. (I have always wondered why the Han digit 1 ($B0l(B) is not called 
> HAN DIGIT ONE, etc.)

How would you distinguish the common form U+4E00 from the ancient form
U+5F0C, the Japanese anti-fraud form U+58F1, the Chinese anti-fraud
form U+58F9, and the (historical) variant form U+2092A?


Thomas Chan
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Character indices (was: Unicode Humor)

[$B$m!;!;!;!;(B $B$m!;!;!;(B]

>From: "Mark Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: "Mark Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "Doug Ewell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Tex Texin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,  
  "Kenneth Whistler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>CC: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Unicoders" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: OT: Unicode Humor
>Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 07:42:50 -0700
>
>I don't think the charts are silly (completely, at least ;-). It could
>be useful to have a complete back-index for Unicode. (Joe is always
>looking for index ideas).

Like for numerics. I want one where I can see all the symbols for "one".

In the Unicode 3.0 book, WHY ON EARTH are the Han digits (you know them) 
not listed directly with the other numerics? They are given their own 
category. (I have always wondered why the Han digit 1 ($B0l(B) is not called 
HAN DIGIT ONE, etc.)

>
>Of course, for finding characters I find dynamic lookups even more
>useful (though in a different way), such as tools like the Windows
>Character map.

I have Windows ME on another computer and it lacks Character Map. That 
infuriates me.
>


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