Re: Why Nothing Ever Goes Away (was: Re: Acquiring DIS 10646)

2015-10-05 Thread Philippe Verdy
Also the aliases for C1 controls were formally registered in 1983 only for the two ranges U+0084..U+0097 and U+009B..U+009F for ISO 6429. So the abbreviation (and names) aliases given to: - U+0082 (BPH =BREAK PERMITTED HERE), - U+0083 (NBH = NO BREAK HERE), - U+0098 (SOS=START OF STRING) and - U+0

Re: Why Nothing Ever Goes Away (was: Re: Acquiring DIS 10646)

2015-10-05 Thread Philippe Verdy
2015-10-05 21:32 GMT+02:00 Ken Whistler : > > On 10/5/2015 8:24 AM, Doug Ewell wrote: > >> I too am puzzled as to what DIS 10646 and C1 control pictures have to do >> with each other. >> >> > What an *excellent* cue to start a riff on arcane Unicode history! > > First, let me explain what I think

Why Nothing Ever Goes Away (was: Re: Acquiring DIS 10646)

2015-10-05 Thread Ken Whistler
On 10/5/2015 8:24 AM, Doug Ewell wrote: I too am puzzled as to what DIS 10646 and C1 control pictures have to do with each other. What an *excellent* cue to start a riff on arcane Unicode history! First, let me explain what I think Sean Leonard's concern here is. 1. On 10/4/2015 5:30 AM, Se

Re: Acquiring DIS 10646

2015-10-05 Thread Doug Ewell
I too am puzzled as to what DIS 10646 and C1 control pictures have to do with each other. -- Doug Ewell | http://ewellic.org | Thornton, CO 🇺🇸

Re: Acquiring DIS 10646

2015-10-04 Thread Asmus Freytag (t)
On 10/4/2015 5:30 AM, Sean Leonard wrote: On 10/3/2015 12:28 PM, Asmus Freytag (t) wrote: On 10/3/2015 8:15 AM, Sean Leonard wrote: Thanks. Well, "DIS 10646" is the Draft International Standard,

Re: Acquiring DIS 10646

2015-10-04 Thread Sean Leonard
On 10/3/2015 12:28 PM, Asmus Freytag (t) wrote: On 10/3/2015 8:15 AM, Sean Leonard wrote: Thanks. Well, "DIS 10646" is the Draft International Standard, particularly Draft 1, from ~1990 or ~1991. (Sometimes it might have been called 10646.1.) Therefore it would likely only be in print form (o

Re: Acquiring DIS 10646

2015-10-03 Thread Sean Leonard
On 10/3/2015 11:24 AM, Janusz S. Bien wrote: Quote/Cytat - Doug Ewell (Sat 03 Oct 2015 08:00:12 PM CEST): Sean Leonard wrote: What I understand is that Draft 1 got shot down because it was at variance with the nascent Unicode effort; If I remember correctly, Draft 1 looked a lot like an u

Re: Acquiring DIS 10646

2015-10-03 Thread Asmus Freytag (t)
On 10/3/2015 8:15 AM, Sean Leonard wrote: Thanks. Well, "DIS 10646" is the Draft International Standard, particularly Draft 1, from ~1990 or ~1991. (Sometimes it might have been called 10646.1.) Therefore it would likely only be in pri

Re: Acquiring DIS 10646

2015-10-03 Thread Janusz S. Bien
Quote/Cytat - Doug Ewell (Sat 03 Oct 2015 08:00:12 PM CEST): Sean Leonard wrote: What I understand is that Draft 1 got shot down because it was at variance with the nascent Unicode effort; If I remember correctly, Draft 1 looked a lot like an updated and expanded version of ISO 2022, mu

Re: Acquiring DIS 10646

2015-10-03 Thread Doug Ewell
Sean Leonard wrote: What I understand is that Draft 1 got shot down because it was at variance with the nascent Unicode effort; If I remember correctly, Draft 1 looked a lot like an updated and expanded version of ISO 2022, much more than it did like today's Unicode/10646. -- Doug Ewell |

Re: Acquiring DIS 10646

2015-10-03 Thread Sean Leonard
Thanks. Well, "DIS 10646" is the Draft International Standard, particularly Draft 1, from ~1990 or ~1991. (Sometimes it might have been called 10646.1.) Therefore it would likely only be in print form (or printed and scanned form). It's pretty old. What I understand is that Draft 1 got shot d

RE: Acquiring DIS 10646

2015-10-02 Thread Michel Suignard
references. Michel -Original Message- From: Unicode [mailto:unicode-boun...@unicode.org] On Behalf Of Sean Leonard Sent: Friday, October 2, 2015 9:47 PM To: unicode@unicode.org Subject: Acquiring DIS 10646 As part of yet more research, I would like to get a hold of DIS 10646, aka Draft

Acquiring DIS 10646

2015-10-02 Thread Sean Leonard
As part of yet more research, I would like to get a hold of DIS 10646, aka Draft International Standard ISO/IEC 10646.1 (circa 1990 or 1991). I understand that Draft 2 (10646.2) was accepted and therefore became ISO/IEC 10646-1:1993. Therefore, I am looking for a copy (preferably free, prefer