Re: Engmagate?

Le 13/12/13 08:58, Jean-François Colson a écrit :
> Le 13/12/13 08:33, Denis Jacquerye a écrit :
>> On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 10:06 PM, Michael Everson
>> <everson_at_evertype.com> wrote:
>>> On 12 Dec 2013, at 15:29, Leo Broukhis <leob_at_mailcom.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hasn't http://www.unicode.org/standard/where/#Variant_Shapes
>>>> explained it once and for all?
>>> No, because users of N-shaped capital Eng consider n-shaped capital
>>> Eng to be *WRONG*, not an acceptable variant. And because n-shaped
>>> capital Eng consider N-shaped capital Eng to be *WRONG*, not an
>>> acceptable variant.
>>>
>>> Disunification is the best solution.
>>>
>>> I suppose nothing will happen until the governments of eng-using
>>> countries come together with a proposal.
>> What if not every user of one form considers it wrong to use the
>> other form?
>>
>> What if there’s evidence of use of both forms in those languages?
>>
>> What if the users who consider the other shape wrong are unaware of
>> the history or variation of their own orthographies?
>>
>
> All those problems could be solved with variation selectors.
>
> In the case of a disunification, you are compelled to choose one of
> the two forms.
>
> If variation sequences are preferred:
> — those who consider a form is wrong simply use the VS associated with
> the other form,
> — and those who’re not bothered by that matter and wish more variation
> might use the letter Ŋ without any VS.

Of course, the VS should be included in the keyboard driver.

>
> About the history question, should I print my curriculum vitæ in
> blackletter only because that writing style has been used in my country?
>
>
Received on Fri Dec 13 2013 - 02:06:33 CST