> I *do* see the usefulness in
> combination with an "xml:lang" or "mime-type" attribute, though. An
> intelligent editor could already act on xml:lang to limit character
> selection, if such a thing were desirable.
Such an editor would have to be a durn sight more intelligent than
anything now available, because the repertoire of a language is
a sticky wicket. In the domain of "xml:lang=3D'en-US'", am I to be
forbidden to write "na=EFve" or "co=F6perate"? How about "r=E9sum=E9" or=
"Qu=E9b=E9c"?
Harald Alvestrand worked for some years trying to nail down the
repertoires (r=E9pertoires?) of various European languages. His
latest (1995) draft at http://www.alvestrand.no/ietf/lang-chars.txt
warns how incomplete the results still are.
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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)