Re: Unicode Normalization on MS-Windows

Michael,

Thanks for your quick response.

Do you know by any chance that the upcoming Windows 2003/Windows .NET
would have the capability to handle Unicode normalization?

To answer your question, basically right now if I write the file name
by using normalized U+F019 which would be U+795E, I won't be able to
find it and reopen it any more ...

Jane
 
--- "Michael (michka) Kaplan" <michka@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: "Jane Liu" <xjliu_ca@xxxxxxxxx>
> > 1. Why Windows doesn't do normalization,
> 
> Windows predates normalization.
> 
> > and is there any ways to ask Windows to do it?
> 
> Not currently, no.
> 
> > 2. If Windows never do normalization,
> 
> Never say never, though. It is hard to say what will happen here,
> in the
> future. Though since the input methods that ship with the OS shape
> the type
> of text that is produced, it is not going to be common for people
> to find
> "multiple ways to skin the cat".
> 
> > how should I balance this in my
> > Windows based application since I am using the ICU.
> 
> Well, see above. You can certainly do the additional processing if
> you like.
> 
> > I don't think
> > simply turn off the normalization process in the ICU would be a
> good
> > idea though, however, if I keep to use ICU to normalize
> everything in
> > my application, then I will possible run into some troubles when
> > dealing with the Windows system ...
> 
> How is that trouble, precisely? Could you explain this a bit more
> fully?
> 
> MichKa [MS]
> 
> 


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