Re: Draft 2 of the proposal to encode an EXTERNAL LINK INDICATOR symbol in the BMP

From: Karl Pentzlin (karl-pentzlin@acssoft.de)
Date: Tue Jul 25 2006 - 12:45:46 CDT

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    Ken,
    to answer the question cited below: I see the proposed EXTERNAL LINK
    INDICATOR (as it is called in my recent draft) somewhere between
    U+2386 ENTER SYMBOL and U+240D SYMBOL FOR CARRIAGE RETURN, in the
    sense of your question. Talking in analogies, I see it even nearer
    to U+00A9 COPYRIGHT SIGN and U+26A0 WARNING SIGN.

    btw, thank you for the detailed discussion of my proposal in your
    previous mail, which will take me some more time to answer.
    There will be a third draft in some days when my time allows.

    Best wishes
    Karl Pentzlin

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    Am Dienstag, 25. Juli 2006 um 19:13 schrieb Kenneth Whistler:
    >> After incorporating some hints from the discussion, now the second
    >> draft of my proposal to encode an EXTERNAL LINK INDICATOR symbol
    >> is found at:
    >> http://www.europatastatur.de/material/ExternalLinkProposalDraft2.pdf
    KW> Another thing to ask:
    KW> Is this proposed entity for encoding more like:
    KW> U+21B5 DOWNWARDS ARROW WITH CORNER LEFTWARDS
    KW>    which is a generic arrow symbol of a particular shape, but which
    KW>    also looks like what is commonly printed on Return keys
    KW>    and can quite profitably be used to represent either that
    KW>    key or that concept in text, or
    KW>    
    KW> U+23CE RETURN SYMBOL
    KW>    which is encoded for compatibility with the JIS X-0213 standard,
    KW>    and which is given a more explicit shape, to ensure likelihood
    KW>    of better compatibility when used to represent the JIS character,
    KW>    and which is intended specifically as a symbol for the key
    KW>    or concept of a carriage return, as opposed to a generic arrow, or
    KW>    
    KW> U+2386 ENTER SYMBOL
    KW>    which is encoded for compatibility with the ISO 9995-7 standard,
    KW>    and which is given an exact shape, standing as a character
    KW>    representing the icon encoded in ISO 9995-7, intended
    KW>    specifically as a keyboard symbol [note this is also a graphic
    KW>    design involving an arror pointing -- in this case *in*to --
    KW>    an open, four-sided geometric shape], or
    KW>    
    KW> U+240E SYMBOL FOR CARRIAGE RETURN
    KW>    which is one of a set of such symbols for control functions,
    KW>    and whose associated glyph is utterly arbitrary, representing
    KW>    one of many possible choices that applications may make to
    KW>    visualize control functions, or
    KW>    
    KW> U+000D CARRIAGE RETURN
    KW>    which is the *actual* control function, and which has no
    KW>    visible display unless forced to display by special
    KW>    rendering choices.
    KW>    
    KW> --Ken
    


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