From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 116276 invoked by alias); 2 Oct 2016 08:01:03 -0000 Mailing-List: contact libc-alpha-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: libc-alpha-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 115447 invoked by uid 89); 2 Oct 2016 08:00:21 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-3.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY,RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=sk:dcoffin, Okt, okt, dcoffinshellcybercomnet X-HELO: albireo.enyo.de From: Florian Weimer To: Andreas Schwab Cc: dcoffin@shell.cybercom.net, libc-alpha@sourceware.org Subject: Re: Charset request for iconv (patch included) References: <20161001034427.GA26656@shell.cybercom.net> <87mvinst1t.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> <20161002052837.GA27209@shell.cybercom.net> Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2016 08:01:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: (Andreas Schwab's message of "Sun, 02 Oct 2016 09:55:54 +0200") Message-ID: <877f9rp4dz.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-SW-Source: 2016-10/txt/msg00008.txt.bz2 * Andreas Schwab: > On Okt 02 2016, dcoffin@shell.cybercom.net wrote: > >> I don't believe there is an official mapping. The author >> mentions two other mappings and how they differ from his. He >> also explains why he chose Greek letters over mathematical >> symbols. (Your Greek sigma looks correct in my editor while >> the math sigma looks like "???", so I can guess which is more >> widely supported.) Considering that the uppercase Greek sigma is next to an integral sign, I'm prety sure that its intended meaning is the mathematic operator. It's also how it is used in the HP-48 user interface. (I once had one myself.) > Just because some broken programs cannot display the characters should > not be a reason to use a wrong mapping. Right. And I would say the same applies to intentionally using a wrong mapping. =E2=80=9Cx=CC=84=E2=80=9D would have to be added to the Uni= code to standard to enable compatibility with the HP-48 character set. Would we accept the mapping in case these issues were addressed? I still don't think so.