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Re: US-ASCII is a subset of the set of Unicode code points.

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On Fri, 06 Aug 2021 17:25:11 +0000, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

> On 2021-08-06, FR <fr@random.info> wrote:
> 
>> On Fri, 06 Aug 2021 17:36:37 +0200, R.Wieser wrote:
>>
> 
> To sum up, there is whitespace and there is whitespace.  The
> differences between the various characters may be subtle, but
> that doesn't mean that you should treat them all the same.
> Each has its own special use.
>

Whitespace can be independent of format. When doing a search, 
for example, a whitespace char is simply skipped over. 

Formatting is also something that is independent of a particular 
character set. Formatting is achieved by an application such 
as a word processor, type setter, etc. that would use its own 
internal codes and not that of the charset. 

Although the old ASCII format codes are still present in 
Unicode they, aside from EOL, should not be interpreted as such 
when processing a UTF-8 text file, for example. In Unicode 
their interpretation is ambiguous. Anyone composing with UTF-8 
would never use them. 

Unicode does have many unambiguous formatting characters such as 
U+2028, line separator, and U+2029, paragraph separator, but, not 
being an expert in Unicode, I wouldn't know how or where to use them. 

Unicode is supposed to provide the symbols but not the formatting 
instructions. Some languages might require special codes for a 
proper construction, but this is not the same as formatting. 

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Any Unicode Experts? FR <fr@random.info> - 2021-08-06 14:39 +0000
  Re: Any Unicode Experts? FR <fr@random.info> - 2021-08-06 15:01 +0000
  US-ASCII is a subset of the set of Unicode code points. Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2021-08-06 08:15 -0700
    Re: US-ASCII is a subset of the set of Unicode code points. "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2021-08-06 17:36 +0200
      Re: US-ASCII is a subset of the set of Unicode code points. FR <fr@random.info> - 2021-08-06 15:49 +0000
        Re: US-ASCII is a subset of the set of Unicode code points. "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2021-08-06 18:48 +0200
        Re: US-ASCII is a subset of the set of Unicode code points. FR <fr@random.info> - 2021-08-06 17:57 +0000
  Re: Any Unicode Experts? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2021-08-06 18:10 +0000
  Re: Any Unicode Experts? Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2021-08-06 20:27 +0000
    Re: Any Unicode Experts? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-07 09:36 +0100
      Re: Any Unicode Experts? Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2021-08-08 04:32 +0000
        Re: Any Unicode Experts? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2021-08-07 22:50 -0600
          Re: Any Unicode Experts? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2021-08-08 17:27 +0000
            Re: Any Unicode Experts? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-08-08 20:21 +0200
            Re: Any Unicode Experts? Jack Strangio  <jackstrangio@yahoo.com> - 2021-08-09 13:58 +0000
          Re: Any Unicode Experts? jak <nospam@please.ty> - 2021-08-08 20:32 +0200
            Re: Any Unicode Experts? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2021-08-08 18:00 -0600
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                Re: "while(1);" borks Visual Studio. Soviet_Mario <SovietMario@CCCP.MIR> - 2021-08-16 16:06 +0200
                Re: "while(1);" borks Visual Studio. jak <nospam@please.ty> - 2021-08-10 18:02 +0200
                while(malloc(666)); Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2021-08-10 09:28 -0700
                Re: while(malloc(666)); jak <nospam@please.ty> - 2021-08-10 18:39 +0200
              Re: Any Unicode Experts? jak <nospam@please.ty> - 2021-08-09 07:28 +0200
                Re: Any Unicode Experts? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2021-08-09 07:56 -0600
                Re: Any Unicode Experts? jak <nospam@please.ty> - 2021-08-10 10:33 +0200
                Re: Any Unicode Experts? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-10 12:49 +0100
                Re: Any Unicode Experts? jak <nospam@please.ty> - 2021-08-10 15:26 +0200
                Re: Any Unicode Experts? vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2021-08-10 13:43 +0000
                Re: Any Unicode Experts? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2021-08-10 21:12 -0600
                Re: Any Unicode Experts? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-11 12:25 +0100
                Re: Any Unicode Experts? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2021-08-11 16:52 +0000
                Re: Any Unicode Experts? jak <nospam@please.ty> - 2021-08-11 20:19 +0200
                Re: Any Unicode Experts? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2021-08-12 16:37 +0000
                Re: Any Unicode Experts? jak <nospam@please.ty> - 2021-08-12 20:32 +0200
                Re: Any Unicode Experts? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2021-08-12 20:40 -0600
                Re: Any Unicode Experts? Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-08-10 16:11 -0400
                Re: Any Unicode Experts? Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2021-08-13 17:42 +0000

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