On 27 August 2011 09:25, Andrew West <andrewcw...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 27 August 2011 03:52, Benjamin M Scarborough > <benjamin.scarboro...@utdallas.edu> wrote: >> Are name aliases exempted from the normal character naming conventions? I >> ask because four of the entries have words that begin with numbers. >> >> 008E;SINGLE-SHIFT 2;control >> 008F;SINGLE-SHIFT 3;control >> 0091;PRIVATE USE 1;control >> 0092;PRIVATE USE 2;control >> > > ISO 6429 (and consequently ISO/IEC 10646 Section 11) calls these characters: > SINGLE-SHIFT TWO > SINGLE-SHIFT THREE > PRIVATE USE ONE > PRIVATE USE TWO > > <http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/files/ECMA-ST/Ecma-048.pdf> > > Changing their names to "SINGLE-SHIFT 2" or "SINGLE-SHIFT-2" etc is > surely contrary to the whole point of the exercise.
Sorry, ignore that. I hadn't noticed that the digit forms were in addition to the forms with numbers written as words. Andrew
