Re: Medievalist ligature character in the PUA

From: John H. Jenkins (jenkins@apple.com)
Date: Mon Dec 14 2009 - 13:25:55 CST

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    On Dec 14, 2009, at 11:30 AM, Leo Broukhis wrote:

    > On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 9:50 AM, John H. Jenkins <jenkins@apple.com> wrote:
    >
    >> And should an OS treat "My file" and "My file" as the same file name?
    >
    > This problem is with us already (on Apple systems, of all things).
    > MacOS X decomposes Cyrillic Й and Ё in file names and treats файл and
    > файл as the same file name; Windows and Linux don't.
    >

    It treats "file" and "file" as different, which is awkward because the Finder uses ligatures.

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    John H. Jenkins
    jenkins@apple.com



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