Ognyan Kulev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Kilobug wrote:
> > Hum, how should I write my name, so ? Should I mispell it ?
>
> Germans use `ae' and `ue' (or `ea' and `eu'--I can't recall exactly)
> for their umlauts. Isn't there something like that in french?
I don't know about French, but for Swedish, I'd consider replacing "�"
with "oe", etc, as an ugly, hard to read, work-around.
Old-timers usually use "swascii", an old character set standard that
reuses the codes for the ASCI characters {|} and [\] for Swedish
characters, in 7-bit environments. So my name would be written "Niels
M|ller". When needed, one can switch fonts between ascii and swascii,
but one won't get Swedish text and C-code to look right at the same
time. Unlike "oe", I can read that representation more or less
fluently, but it's disappearing as eight-bit (or better) character
sets are getting more common.
I think the same applies to Norway and Denmark, except that they of
course "dkascii" lets "|" represent "�" rather than "�". These three
languages all treat "�" or "�" as an independent character, not just
an "o" with umlaut.
I've heard similar stories about Japanese hackers that need both
Japanese characters and all special characters in ASCII.
Regards,
/Niels
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