Re: compatibility between unicode 2.0 and 3.0

2003-02-03 Thread Doug Ewell
Keyur Shroff wrote: > Can you please explain what is the best practice to handle unassigned > code points so that applications can easily become forward compatible? > If we just ignore unassigned code points, then will it make for > application easier to migrate to later version of Unicode? I sh

Re: 4701

2003-02-03 Thread Andrew Cunningham
From memory, although my memory may be faulty, there are some slight differences between the animals assigned in the Chinese calendars and the animals assigned in the Vietnamese calendar. in the Vietnamese sequence, it is goat. while most chinese sources indicate sheep (occasionally they say ra

Re: Public Review Issues update

2003-02-03 Thread Doug Ewell
Rick McGowan wrote: > Please note that the Issues for Public Review have been updated with a > new review item regarding tailoring of normalization. Please see issue > number 7 on this page: > > http://www.unicode.org/review/ This is hardly a formal comment, but "allowing limited tailoring of no

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Re: compatibility between unicode 2.0 and 3.0

2003-02-03 Thread Keyur Shroff
--- Kenneth Whistler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This depends greatly on what implementation you did for > sorting and searching, and how it handles unassigned code points > in your Unicode 2.0 code. If the code was designed to be > forward compatible, it should do reasonable things with > una

Re: Public Review Issues update

2003-02-03 Thread Rick McGowan
Please note that the Issues for Public Review have been updated with a new review item regarding tailoring of normalization. Please see issue number 7 on this page: http://www.unicode.org/review/ Instructions for discussion and submision of formal comments are provided on that page.

Re: compatibility between unicode 2.0 and 3.0

2003-02-03 Thread Kenneth Whistler
Erik Ostermueller asked: > We have a large amount of C++ that currently has Unicode 2.0 support. > > Could you all help me figure out what types of operations will fail > if we attempt to pass Unicode 3.0 thru this code? > > I can start the list off with > > -sorting > -searching for text T

Re: LATIN LETTER N WITH DIAERESIS?

2003-02-03 Thread Peter_Constable
F7C7: A palatalised y is pretty unlikely (it's already palatal). Sure it's not a palatalised v? - Peter --- Peter Constable Non-Roman Script Initiative, SIL International 7500 W. Camp Wisdom Rd., Dallas, TX 75236, USA Te

Re: How is glyph shaping done?

2003-02-03 Thread Deborah Goldsmith
For information on how this is handled on Mac OS, please see: http://developer.apple.com/fonts/ Deborah Goldsmith Manager, Fonts & Unicode Apple Computer, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Friday, January 31, 2003, at 11:03 AM, John Hudson wrote: On Windows, the shaping engines for complex scripts ar

RE: Suggestions in Unicode Indic FAQ

2003-02-03 Thread Kent Karlsson
> > No, with proper reordering (and "normal" display mode), the e-matra at > > the beginning of the second word would appear to be last glyph of the > > first "word". Similarly, for the second case, the e-matra glyph would > > have come to the left of the pa. The fluent reader (ok, not me...)

RE: Suggestions in Unicode Indic FAQ

2003-02-03 Thread Kent Karlsson
> --- Kent Karlsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > No fallback rendering is coming into picture with your explanation. > > > > Yes, there is. A character sequence (say) > > is very unlikely to have a ligature, specially adapted (and fitting) > > adjustment points, or similar. The ren

MDMP --> Unicode migration in SAP R/3

2003-02-03 Thread malandrinos . a
Hello, Has anybody of you perfomed an MDMP to Unicode migration in an Oracle database used as a database for SAP R/3? Any ideas of how feasible/difficult it is or any information on documentation will be very welcome Thanks Andreas

Re: LATIN LETTER N WITH DIAERESIS?

2003-02-03 Thread Curtis Clark
Lukas Pietsch wrote: Your F725 Unknown-2, to me, looks like a German SCRIPT CAPITAL S, (compare with U+2112;SCRIPT CAPITAL L). Yes, we were taught to write an S like this in school. Perhaps it's used somewhere in mathematics? Looks to me like the proofreader's marginal deletion mark. F7AA might

Re: LATIN LETTER N WITH DIAERESIS?

2003-02-03 Thread Otto Stolz
Asmus Freytag had written: I have updated my document at http://www.unicode.org/~asmus/what_is_this_character.pdf ... I welcome [...] any help anyone could provide in identifying the characters or in locating places they are used. Lukas Pietsch wrote: Your F725 Unknown-2, to me, looks like

Re: LATIN LETTER N WITH DIAERESIS?

2003-02-03 Thread Asmus Freytag
Thanks for the many replies, I'll comment on a few of them: At 05:46 PM 2/2/03 +0100, Lukas Pietsch wrote: Your F725 Unknown-2, to me, looks like a German SCRIPT CAPITAL S, (compare with U+2112;SCRIPT CAPITAL L). Yes, we were taught to write an S like this in school. Perhaps it's used somewhere