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<LI><em>From</em>: <A HREF="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</A></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Wed, 13 Aug 97 17:19:29 -0700</LI>
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In <<A HREF="msg00446.html">Pine.GSO.3.96.970805102640.26353G-100000@tay</A>>, on 08/09/97
at 10:05 AM, Martin Keegan <martin#cam,sri.com> said:
>One of the most distinctive things about "foreign" countries is that
>the signs on the roads contain weird and wonderful symbols, and where
>the Roman alphabet is used, dots and dashes and slashes. I want my
>mud to have different regions with different orthography systems for
>atmosphere reasons.
>The problem I have is with implementations - how do I know how
>non-ASCII characters are being displayed on the client side? MSD*S
>uses a different character set from Windows, which is different from
>the Mac and Unix and NT.
>Is this problem insurmountable?
Nope. Talk to an internationalisation programmer -- there should be
hordes at Oxbridge/Camford. <runs> Possible solutions:
Least impact: UTF8 and cronies.
Most impact: Unicode.
Both will require custom clients.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00461" HREF="msg00461.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Dots in a name?</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Mon 11 Aug 1997, 06:28 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00454" HREF="msg00454.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The 'Socialiser' problem</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00447" HREF="msg00447.html">Release out!</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00446" HREF="msg00446.html">Dots in a name?</A></strong>,
Martin Keegan <a href="mailto:martin#cam,sri.com">martin#cam,sri.com</a>, Sat 09 Aug 1997, 16:41 GMT
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clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Thu 14 Aug 1997, 00:24 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00443" HREF="msg00443.html">Signing off...</A></strong>,
Brandon Van Every <a href="mailto:vanevery#blarg,net">vanevery#blarg,net</a>, Sat 09 Aug 1997, 04:54 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00438" HREF="msg00438.html">node-based 3D coord systems</A></strong>,
Nathan Yospe <a href="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</a>, Sat 09 Aug 1997, 01:13 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00434" HREF="msg00434.html">The 'Socialiser' problem</A></strong>,
Greg Munt <a href="mailto:greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk">greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk</a>, Sat 09 Aug 1997, 00:27 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00435" HREF="msg00435.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The 'Socialiser' problem</A></strong>,
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