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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Re: JadeTeX does not work yet with non-Latin-1
From:       Stephan Kulow <coolo () kde ! org>
Date:       2000-01-21 10:26:32
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Eric Bischoff wrote:
> 
> Claudiu Costin wrote:
> >
> >          Dear Eric,
> >
> > > What Claudiu's script does :
> > > ----------------------------
> > >
> > > ISO 8 bit Romanian chars ==> corresponding TeX character
> > > sequences
> > [....]
> > >
> > > Claudiu, please tell me if I am saying nonsense about what
> > > your script does ;-)
> >
> >   Yes, you're right. This script is very simple (latex part).
> > It also make some complex conversion from to romanian
> > ortography: before 1993 -> after 1993 and viceversa.
> 
> I'm glad I didn't say nonsense ;-)
> 
> >   If anybody will need this script I will translate it in
> > english (even doc's) and make it modular for everyone
> > language.
> 
> I'm almost sure it would be necessary at least for Greek,
> perharps for Russian and other languages too.
> 
> The problem is : do we do one script for each language, like
> :
> 
>         Greek ISO => laTeX sequences
>         Russian KOI => laTeX sequences
>         Japanese EUC => laTeX sequences
> 
> or do we one single script :
> 
>         Unicode UTF-8 => laTeX sequences
> 
> as Stephan suggested?
> 
> I would advise we first do separate "old encodings" national
> scripts, because I would like to FINISH the transition to
> DocBook BEFORE we switch to UTF-8. This is mainly because I
> would like us to test points 1 to 5 (remember the previous
> message on UTF8 transition?) BEFORE we do the UTF8
> conversion, and because I would like to separate the issues.
> Stephan, do you agree ?
> 
Well, docbook is first. But the conversion to UTF8 for PO-files
is quite urgent and I would like to see it happening the sooner
the better.

Greetings, Stephan

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