- From: Martin J. Dürst <mduerst@ifi.unizh.ch>
- Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 11:13:02 +0200 (MET DST)
- To: Jordan Reiter <jreiter@mail.slc.edu>
- cc: www-html@w3.org
On Mon, 25 Aug 1997, Jordan Reiter wrote: > At 12:30 PM -0000 8/25/97, Martin J. Dürst wrote: > >> > softkeytype="normal" - Any characters > >> > softkeytype="digit" - Numbers > >> > softkeytype="hira" - Hiragana(Japanese) > >> > softkeytype="kata" - Katakana(Japanese) > >> > softkeytype="upper" - Upper case > >> > softkeytype="lower" - Lower case > > > >The problem here is that there are several scripts with upper > >and lower cases (Latin, Cyrillic, Greek). Also, there are many > >different kinds of digits (many scripts have their own). > > This seems to bring up the obvious solution: use of the lang attribute to > determine what sort of input device is used. This way, if a certain lang > attribute is defined for the whole page, or for a specific section, then > the correct keyboard is automatically created. And if there are ever put > into HTML more functions concerning input types (I myself think that some > sort of attributes should be created that limit data input), then the whole > problem is solved. As you should see from the list above, this won't work. If I say LANG="en", does this give me the upper-case layout, the lower-case layout, numbers, or what. Same for Japanese, where I could get Hiragana or Katakana. Regards, Martin.
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