Re: [xml2rfc-dev] Unicode box-drawing for a new --table-borders value?

Lars Eggert <lars@eggert.org> Mon, 01 February 2021 14:53 UTC

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Subject: Re: [xml2rfc-dev] Unicode box-drawing for a new --table-borders value?
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On 2021-1-30, at 18:06, Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net> wrote:
> On Sat 2021-01-30 07:22:43 +0200, Lars Eggert wrote:
>> I think that would be excellent, but AFAIK Unicode can (still) only be
>> used in contact names (see the recent "Unicode in xml2rfc v3" thread
>> over on rfc-interest@). I really hope we can just get to an agreement
>> to allow Unicode anywhere in the document.
> 
> whoops, i've been using unicode (in particular, the box-drawing
> characters and a few fancy arrows) to pretty good effect (imho) in
> several I-Ds already, for example:
> 
>    https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-dkg-lamps-e2e-mail-guidance-00.html#name-multilayer-cryptographic-en

Ah! You're right, in artwork, there is no issue.

I was trying to use Unicode in the text, which has the restriction I mentioned.

Lars