Re: Character identities

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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Hudson" <tiro@tiro.com>
To: "Otto Stolz" <Otto.Stolz@uni-konstanz.de>
Cc: <unicode@unicode.org>; <deutsch@google.com>
Sent: den 24 oktober 2002 18:46
Subject: Re: Character identities

> To be accurate, it works for display of English but not for German. The
> British convention for using the long-s can be handled contextually,
> because it does not need to consider whether the letter is occuring at the
> beginning or end of a syllable.

What is the correct rule for "ſ" and "s" in Engliſh? Is "s" only uſed at the
end of words, or is it uſed anywhere elſe too?

Stefan

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