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
ISO never keeps previous versions of standards. You can look into the wg2 web site at dkuug.dk that will give you some versions of these documents (Google or your favorite search engine will be your friend) although all that may disappear any day. If you tell me what you are looking for I can he