Re: ASCII and JIS X 0201 Roman - the backslash problem

On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 09:41:08PM +0200, Bruno Haible wrote:
> 2) Never use backslash as a directory separator.

Unfortunately, this entire suggestion ignores Windows as an OS, and it's
Windows that's causing this whole problem.  This isn't an ideal world;
for the vast majority of us, pretending Windows doesn't exist simply
isn't an option.

>   "Solution is very simple. Just regard YEN SIGN and REVERSE SOLIDUS
>    as a different glyphs of the same character. Then, distinction
>    between ASCII and JIS X 0201 Roman can be neglected."
> 
> I don't think it is a good solution. It will never allow Japanese users
> to use the same fonts for ASCII as other users elsewhere.

Without the cooperation of Windows (which is obviously not coming),
I don't believe there is a good solution.  I don't think disregarding
Windows completely is a usable compromise, though.

I agree that it's not as simple as Tomohiro's suggestion makes it seem,
and that a better one should be found; I (and everyone else, it seems)
have no idea what that might be, though.

-- 
Glenn Maynard