[mew-int 01608] Re: windows 1252

[Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>]

In article <20031110.161123.49979847.kazu@iijlab.net>, Kazu Yamamoto (山本和彦) <kazu@iijlab.net> writes:
>>  have a iso-final-char).  So, Big5 characters are preceded by
>>  ESC $ ( 0 or 1, mule-unicode-0100-24ff characters are
>>  preceded by ESC - 1.
>               ^^^^^^^

> Let me clarify. 

> Q1) It seemes to me that Emacs encodes mule-unicode-0100-24ff with ESC
> $ - 1. But the explanation above says ESC - 1. Which one is correct as
> Emacs's spec?

Sorry, mine was a typo, ESC $ - 1 is correct because
mule-unicode-0100-24ff is treated as a 96x96 charset.

> Q2) I don't think it's not good idea to disclose the internal
> representation "mule-unicode-0100-24ff" into a file. According to the
> spec of ctext provided with XFree86, it has extension for UTF-8:

> ---
> 7.  The UTF-8 encoding
[...]
> How about using this to encode mule-unicode-0100-24ff?

That's a good idea.   I'll work on it.

> I remember that, some years ago, Handa-san said to me, "The current
> Emacs is using mule-unicode but will migrate to Unicode".  But I don't
> know what exactly emacs-unicode refers to. Which versions? Or
> a different source tree?

The latest emacs-unicode is available in the
"emacs-unicode-2" branch of CVS.

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Ken'ichi HANDA
handa@m17n.org