Re: Amerindian Characters

From: John Cowan (cowan@locke.ccil.org)
Date: Wed Jun 16 1999 - 14:45:41 EDT


Akerbeltz Alba wrote:

[examples of wannabe precomposed characters snipped]

It's important to remember *why* precomposed characters like
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH ACUTE are included in Unicode,
whereas LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Q WITH CIRCUMFLEX is not: for
round-trip compatibility with existing character sets.
There is nothing "second-class" about using decomposed
character sequences; they are the "True Unicode Way".
Precomposed characters are the second-class citizens.

So unless you have evidence that these characters are
members of existing character sets someplace, then there
is little reason for them to be incorporated in Unicode.

-- 
John Cowan	http://www.ccil.org/~cowan		cowan@ccil.org
	You tollerday donsk?  N.  You tolkatiff scowegian?  Nn.
	You spigotty anglease?  Nnn.  You phonio saxo?  Nnnn.
		Clear all so!  'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)



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