RE: MS Windows and Unicode 4.0 ?

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Carl W. Brown wrote:

> Jill,
>
> > I know that Unicode does have some
> > locale-sensitive case mappings (Turkish
> > uppercase I to dotless lowercase
> > I for example), I was under the impression
> > that "ss" to "ß" was not one of them.
>
> You are correct that "SS" and "ß" are the same in case insensitive
> compares
> regardless of locale.

But does MS file system is case insensitive in the Unicode way is a
different question then does MS file system support Unicode, right?

So... "Necessary" will be the same as "Neceßary" in case insensitive
comparison?

>
> I also think that "?stanbul" and "Istanbul" should also compare the
> same for
> things like keyword searches and file systems even though it is
> technically
> incorrect.
>
> Carl

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