Re: Terminal Emulation from Frank da Cruz

From: Julia Oesterle (Unicode) (v-juliao@microsoft.com)
Date: Tue Nov 03 1998 - 23:02:24 EST


this one went astray...resend.

Date: Tue, 3 Nov 98 19:25:39 EST
From: Frank da Cruz <fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu>
Subject: Re: Terminal Emulation
>
> Rich McGowan wrote:
>
> > I'd suggest the best course of action for now would be to bring the
> > proposal to the attention of UTC members. (Some of them are on the
> > Unicode list, others aren't.) Ken and I can do this part, which merely
> > involves sending UTC some pointers and a blurb about the proposal, to
> > solicit their consideration and feedback.
> >
> Thanks. I think it's ready for this. The proposal has been split into
> three (as noted previously), and updated again today for polish and
> constistency (from the rushed hatchet job of last Friday):
>
> HEX BYTE PICTURES FOR UNICODE (plain text)
> ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/ucsterminal/hex.txt
>
> ADDITIONAL CONTROL PICTURES FOR UNICODE (plain text)
> ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/ucsterminal/control.txt
>
> TERMINAL GRAPHICS FOR UNICODE (plain text)
> ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/ucsterminal/ucsterminal.txt
>
> Glyph Map (PDF, contributed by Michael Everson) (*)
> ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/ucsterminal/terminal-emulation.pdf
>
> Clarification of SNI Glyphs (Microsoft Word 7.0, from SNI)
> ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/ucsterminal/sni-charsets.doc
>
> Discussion (plain text -- from Unicode mailing list)
> ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/ucsterminal/mail.txt
>
> I think the hex bytes proposal is worth another look by those on both
> sides
> of the fence. It has been beefed up considerably in the motivation /
> justification department.
>
> After several more days of comment, I'll send them in on paper.
>
> Thanks again to everybody for all the help (and patience).
>
> - Frank
>
> (*) Michael's glyph map is based on previous drafts; some of the
> characters
> shown in it have since been eliminated from the proposal.
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> From: Frank da Cruz <fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu>
> Subject: Re: Terminal Emulation
> In-Reply-To: Your message of Thu, 29 Oct 1998 14:18:14 -0800
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