On 11/12/2002 11:50:51 PM "Doug Ewell" wrote: >1. What extra processing is necessary to interpret Plane 14 tags that >wouldn't be necessary to interpret any other form of tags?
Obviously, extra processing is needed either way. >2. What extra processing is necessary to ignore Plane 14 tags that >wouldn't be necessary to ignore any other Unicode character(s)? None. And if some form of light-weight markup were used, then there would inevitably be a need for some kind of character escape mechanism, so ignoring language tagging would still entail interpreting of the escapes. E.g. #LT=en#This is English text, #LT=fr# et ce texte ci est en français. #LT=en#To use the pound character in text, as in "He's in room ##4," you have to encode it twice. >3. Is there any method of tagging, anywhere, that is lighter-weight >than Plane 14? None that I can think of. >Corollary: Is "lightweight" important? Is this a corollary? It may be the crux of the issue. Tags using plane 14 characters may be the lightest mechanism around, but does anybody actually need to avoid markup that badly? - Peter --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Constable Non-Roman Script Initiative, SIL International 7500 W. Camp Wisdom Rd., Dallas, TX 75236, USA Tel: +1 972 708 7485 E-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
