From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu From: "Douglas A. Gwyn" Message-ID: <3C61DB56.5BF1FFD7@null.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <57a36cb4b8ed79cd07504cd0d12d144b@plan9.bell-labs.com>, <3C6129B5.E0FBCEFA@strakt.com> Subject: Re: [9fans] Font behaviour Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 09:56:07 +0000 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 4e22a6ca-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 Boyd Roberts wrote: > rob pike wrote: > > Platitudes are fine in their place ... I was just trying to raise the level of awareness about the meta-issue: any in-band value that might have a valid normal meaning should not be usurped for any special purpose. This is not just about one font package, but applies to a large number of legacy interfaces. With hindsight gained from experience, we should strive not to do this in new designs. Then the future will be somewhat more pleasant. > I think the pjw solution is actually quite elegant. It addresses one issue, namely missing code points, but not the other, namely genuine 0-width characters (which for some strange reason all look alike).