Re: [I18ndir] draft-bray-unichars-01

Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com> Thu, 31 August 2023 03:45 UTC

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From: Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2023 20:45:33 -0700
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Subject: Re: [I18ndir] draft-bray-unichars-01
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On Aug 30, 2023 at 8:39:54 PM, Asmus Freytag <asmusf@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> Your selection happens to contain "all code points that are currently
> assigned or can be assigned in the future to any character that is not a
> traditional control code, plus three essential control codes."
>

Oh, OK, that is indeed a good sentence.

That's a very concise statement of the "meaning" of your definition and I
> think it would add, rather than subtract, from what your are doing.
>
> A./
>
> PS: for "essential" you could substitute "universally supported".
>