Subj : GoldEd UTF-8
To   : Carlos Navarro
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Tue Nov 29 2022 11:34 am

Hello Carlos,

On Sunday November 27 2022 13:38, you wrote to me:

 CN> One of them is the support for the inverted question mark that we use
 CN> in Spanish (¿), instead of the lowercase 'y' with diaeresis (¿), that
 CN> is rarely used, I think.

I can go along with that, I do not recall ever using the 'y' with diaresis.

 CN> (You helped me with this some time ago.)

I vaguely recall. ;-)

 CN> But I've also changed:

 CN> - the British pound (£), replaced by the lowercase 'a' with tilde (£)
 CN> - the Yen sign (å), replaced by the lowercase 'a' with ring above (å)

 CN> (that was easy because you left them commented your file ;-)

 CN> I think it's better this way, for wider support of western European
 CN> languages.

I can go along with sacrficing the Yen sign for the 'a' with ring above.

But sacrificing the pound sign? Life is making choices and  when it comes to choosing between the Pound sign and the a with tilde, I choose the Pound. I think the Brittih made a mistake to not go for the Euro and keep the pound Sterling as their currency, but it is what it is and the Pound Sterling is still in wide spread use. OTOH, the only west European language that uses the 'a' with tilde is Portugese and there is only one Portugese sysop in Z2.

 CN> My edited version:
 CN> http://www.cyberiada.org/fido/files/utf8_850.chs

Tnx.


Cheers, Michiel

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