On 27 August 2011 09:25, Andrew West <andrewcwest_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> On 27 August 2011 03:52, Benjamin M Scarborough
> <benjamin.scarborough_at_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
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