From: Peter Kirk (peter.r.kirk@ntlworld.com)
Date: Mon Aug 11 2003 - 14:00:42 EDT
On 11/08/2003 08:39, Doug Ewell wrote:
>Peter Kirk <peter dot r dot kirk at ntlworld dot com> wrote:
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>>Thank you, Ken. Well, you make it sound as if the problems are
>>minimal, and that version I can just about accept. But if Philippe is
>>correct about what he says about UAX#29 and UAX#14, there are some
>>more serious problems. It is certainly highly inappropriate for
>>non-spacing diacritics to be considered word boundaries.
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>Non-spacing diacritics had better not be word boundaries, otherwise a
>string like Québec (spelled with U+0301, as here) would be considered
>two words. I don't have time right now to look up the relevant
>properties and UAX's, but I sincerely hope this is just another
>"Philippe mistake" and not a general misinterpretation that anyone might
>make.
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>-Doug Ewell
> Fullerton, California
> http://users.adelphia.net/~dewell/
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I think this may be a "Peter mistake". I meant to refer to spacing
diacritics. Sorry.
It is certainly highly inappropriate for spacing diacritics to be considered word boundaries.
-- Peter Kirk peter@qaya.org (personal) peterkirk@qaya.org (work) http://www.qaya.org/
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