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<H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: OT, kinda, but yay :)</H1>
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<LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: OT, kinda, but yay :)</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: Jo Dillon &lt;<A HREF="mailto:emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk">emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk</A>&gt;</LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 22:00:11 +0100</LI>
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I'd say that Unicode would be a good idea.

&lt;ObShamelessPlug&gt;
Harmony (see below) will support Unicode and would be good for a 
(non-3d) graphical client.
&lt;/ObShamelessPlug&gt;

Speaking in more general terms I'd say that providing different
descriptions depending on which language the user speaks is an interesting
problem but one that would increase the number of possible users to quite
a large degree, especially over here in Europe.

Koster, Raph (rkoster#origin,ea.com) spake thusly:
&gt; I am holding UO: The Second Age in my hands... :) The new retail
&gt; edition. Always nice to make it to the end of a product cycle!
&gt; 
&gt; ObOnTopicComment:
&gt; 
&gt; You guys thought about multiple language support for DevMUD? :) If
&gt; you're gonna support Unicode, decide now...!
&gt; 
&gt; -Raph
&gt; 
&gt; -- 
&gt; MUD-Dev: Advancing an unrealised future.

-- 
	Jo

Harmony - the project to create an LGPL Qt clone
<A  HREF="http://harmony.ruhr.de">http://harmony.ruhr.de</A>



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<LI><strong><A NAME="00520" HREF="msg00520.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: OT, kinda, but yay :)</A></strong>, 
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</a>, Mon 26 Oct 1998, 19:11 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00547" HREF="msg00547.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: OT, kinda, but yay :)</A></strong>, 
Jo Dillon <a href="mailto:emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk">emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk</a>, Tue 27 Oct 1998, 09:32 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00421" HREF="msg00421.html">[MUD-Dev] Language support</A></strong>, 
Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Fri 23 Oct 1998, 21:26 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00414" HREF="msg00414.html">[MUD-Dev] OT, kinda, but yay :)</A></strong>, 
Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Fri 23 Oct 1998, 20:37 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00417" HREF="msg00417.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: OT, kinda, but yay :)</A></strong>, 
Jo Dillon <a href="mailto:emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk">emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk</a>, Fri 23 Oct 1998, 21:03 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00419" HREF="msg00419.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: OT, kinda, but yay :)</A></strong>, 
Jon Leonard <a href="mailto:jleonard#divcom,slimy.com">jleonard#divcom,slimy.com</a>, Fri 23 Oct 1998, 21:10 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00426" HREF="msg00426.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: OT, kinda, but yay :)</A></strong>, 
Nathan F Yospe <a href="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</a>, Fri 23 Oct 1998, 22:03 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00429" HREF="msg00429.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: OT, kinda, but yay :)</A></strong>, 
Jon Leonard <a href="mailto:jleonard#divcom,slimy.com">jleonard#divcom,slimy.com</a>, Fri 23 Oct 1998, 22:58 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00420" HREF="msg00420.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: OT, kinda, but yay :)</A></strong>, 
Steve Sparks <a href="mailto:ssparks#enigma,sss.org">ssparks#enigma,sss.org</a>, Fri 23 Oct 1998, 21:25 GMT
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