From: Karl Pentzlin (karl-pentzlin@acssoft.de)
Date: Tue Jul 25 2006 - 12:45:46 CDT
Ken,
to answer the question cited below: I see the proposed EXTERNAL LINK
INDICATOR (as it is called in my recent draft) somewhere between
U+2386 ENTER SYMBOL and U+240D SYMBOL FOR CARRIAGE RETURN, in the
sense of your question. Talking in analogies, I see it even nearer
to U+00A9 COPYRIGHT SIGN and U+26A0 WARNING SIGN.
btw, thank you for the detailed discussion of my proposal in your
previous mail, which will take me some more time to answer.
There will be a third draft in some days when my time allows.
Best wishes
Karl Pentzlin
-- Am Dienstag, 25. Juli 2006 um 19:13 schrieb Kenneth Whistler: >> After incorporating some hints from the discussion, now the second >> draft of my proposal to encode an EXTERNAL LINK INDICATOR symbol >> is found at: >> http://www.europatastatur.de/material/ExternalLinkProposalDraft2.pdf KW> Another thing to ask: KW> Is this proposed entity for encoding more like: KW> U+21B5 DOWNWARDS ARROW WITH CORNER LEFTWARDS KW> which is a generic arrow symbol of a particular shape, but which KW> also looks like what is commonly printed on Return keys KW> and can quite profitably be used to represent either that KW> key or that concept in text, or KW> KW> U+23CE RETURN SYMBOL KW> which is encoded for compatibility with the JIS X-0213 standard, KW> and which is given a more explicit shape, to ensure likelihood KW> of better compatibility when used to represent the JIS character, KW> and which is intended specifically as a symbol for the key KW> or concept of a carriage return, as opposed to a generic arrow, or KW> KW> U+2386 ENTER SYMBOL KW> which is encoded for compatibility with the ISO 9995-7 standard, KW> and which is given an exact shape, standing as a character KW> representing the icon encoded in ISO 9995-7, intended KW> specifically as a keyboard symbol [note this is also a graphic KW> design involving an arror pointing -- in this case *in*to -- KW> an open, four-sided geometric shape], or KW> KW> U+240E SYMBOL FOR CARRIAGE RETURN KW> which is one of a set of such symbols for control functions, KW> and whose associated glyph is utterly arbitrary, representing KW> one of many possible choices that applications may make to KW> visualize control functions, or KW> KW> U+000D CARRIAGE RETURN KW> which is the *actual* control function, and which has no KW> visible display unless forced to display by special KW> rendering choices. KW> KW> --Ken
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