| Paul on 1 Apr 2004 00:30:02 -0000 |
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gabriel rosenkoetter wrote: Unicode keeps getting touted as the way to fix all sorts of character set differences, but it's a false win. It only gets you text, not various other behaviors (think Japanese keyboards; they've got three modes, none of which is "Kanji" exactly). Locales are still the right way to do this, Unicode is just extra fluff. I would guess that the first two modes are Hiragana and Katakana. I don't know what the third would be. In my study of the Japanese language I've used Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji (very few), and Romaji. Hiragana is the main "alphabet." Katakana is similar to Hiragana, but it is used to represent foreign words. Kanji, all those characters could never fit on a keyboard! Romaji is simply Japanese written in English characters. If I type the *sound* of a Kanji, I am given a selection of Kanji from which to choose. Maybe that's the third mode? Maybe it's romaji mode? It could be something totally different. I'll have to ask. I have never even seen a Japanese keyboard. ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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