Re: Normalization Form KC for Linux

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I agree with François and Ken.

Mark

Francois Yergeau wrote:

> À 12:20 1999-08-18 -0700, Kenneth Whistler a écrit :
> >Markus Kuhn wrote:
> >> encoding text in Unicode under Linux should be Normalization Form KC as
> >> defined in Unicode Technical Report #15
> >> <http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr15/>.
> >
> >My only concern is that Normalization Form C (rather than KC) might
> >be more appropriate.
>
> Form C is in fact the form chosen by the W3C "Character Model for the WWW"
> (http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-charmod). This is not final (still a WD - working
> draft) but is likely to stick, IMHO. I think that Linux should have good
> reasons to choose KC instead of C.
>
> >In my opinion, Form C is the more appropriate for general use on the
> >Internet (and in Linux).
>
> Yep.
>
> --
> François Yergeau

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