RE: Unicode Normalization on MS-Windows

I don't see the problem, either.

It sounds like you're saying you would create the file using a normalised
string for the filename, then later try to open the file using an
un-normalised string. Why would you do that?

I would have thought that your program would consistently use a normalised
string, or an un-normalised one, for both creating and opening the file.

Cheers

- rick

-----Original Message-----
From: Jane Liu [mailto:xjliu_ca@xxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Friday, 25 April 2003 12:48
To: Michael (michka) Kaplan; unicode@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: 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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