- From: Martin Duerst <duerst@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 01:46:29 -0500
- To: Tex Texin <tex@i18nguy.com>, Jungshik Shin <jshin@i18nl10n.com>
- Cc: Deborah Cawkwell <deborah.cawkwell@bbc.co.uk>, public-i18n-geo@w3.org
At 09:56 03/11/05 -0500, Tex Texin wrote: >Hi Jungshik, > >1) yes, utf-16 is pairs of bytes, utf-32 is quadruplets. >2) yes, the characters will display differently, depending on encoding and >font >of the editor. >Maybe we should use a graphic to show the mistreatment(s). Yes, I think a screenshot or two would be good. >3) For the faq we shouldn't use scripts that look "something like..." or have >too many version dependencies. So we can't use the sed script. >Also, thanks for pointing out the problem with the perl script in your other >mail. >If it is not safe and reliable we shouldn't put it in the faq at all. I agree that version dependencies are a bad idea, but we should try our best to make sure we have a script. A lot of people copy/paste and use scripts, but they won't write a script by themselves. On more comment (for the original FAQ): I think the background section should be shorter, or be moved to after the answer. People want to see the answer to their question quickly. Regards, Martin.
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