From: Mark Davis (mark.davis@jtcsv.com)
Date: Wed Aug 06 2003 - 20:17:19 EDT
Moreover, as I wrote before, the wording in that one paragraph in 3.0
is not clearly stated, but it is clear from a reading of the rest of
the standard -- with numerous examples -- and from the UCD 3.0
properties, that space *is not* a format character, and *is* a
suitable base for combining marks. So the little coy remark below is
not warranted with respect to combining marks on space.
> > OK, understood now. As the previous version is obsolete, and the
new one
> > is unavailable, we can all take a break from conforming to Unicode
at
Mark
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Kenneth Whistler" <kenw@sybase.com>
To: <peter.r.kirk@ntlworld.com>
Cc: <unicode@unicode.org>; <kenw@sybase.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 15:48
Subject: Re: Display of Isolated Nonspacing Marks (was Re: Questions
on ZWNBS...)
> Peter Kirk responded to my plea for everyone to relax a bit:
>
> > >If everyone would just go off for a week or two on their
> > >August vacation, like they should be, we could all come back
> > >about Labor Day and we wouldn't have to be having these
> > >discussions. ;-)
> > >
> > >--Ken
>
> > OK, understood now. As the previous version is obsolete, and the
new one
> > is unavailable, we can all take a break from conforming to Unicode
at
> > all and take a vacation! Sounds a good idea to me ;-)
>
> Just in the interest of truth in advertising, the previous
> version(s) are not obsolete, but are superseded by Unicode 4.0.
> ^^^
>
> Applications claiming conformance to Unicode 3.0 will continue
> to claim conformance to that version, and that version is
> relevant to their claim. And so on for Unicode 3.1 and
> Unicode 3.2.
>
> But if and when people move on to claiming conformance to
> Unicode 4.0, then it is the text of *that* version which becomes
> relevant to their claim.
>
> We are simply in the inconvenient transition state where people
> are building Unicode 4.0 implementations, but the final, final
> text of the *book* (as opposed to the various UAX's and all
> the data files) is not available. There were similar
> transition periods for Unicode 1.0, Unicode 2.0, and Unicode 3.0,
> and nearly everyone understands that is the nature of things.
>
> So yes, please, it's time to take a vacation! >:)
>
> --Ken
>
>
>
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