thanks, erik. that's exactly right--we may or may not agree with Unicode decisions, but the fact is some of poor slobs are stuck in the higher planes whether we like it or not, so are looking for help...
 
erik, should we pursue the plan9port question offlist? it is going to take me time to integrate info, no need to bog the list down in what is likely to be simple for most folk...
 
(apologies if i'm not catching on as quickly as one might like...)
 
K

>>> erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net> 28/01/2010 6:42:45 pm >>>
On Thu Jan 28 16:22:58 EST 2010, geoff@plan9.bell-labs.com wrote:
> Yes, we only support the 16-bit runes of Unicode plane 0. That really
> should be enough space, except for bungling by the Unicode Consortium.

good point.

at this point only ~21829 codepoints are assigned, depending
on your definition of assigned. and i agree that the unicode
consortium has taken a number decisions that make life difficult
(unnecessary combiners and font-encodings for math characters
are my pet peeves) .

but now that the decision has been made, i think it makes sense
to adapt, or at least put ourselves in the position to adapt.
such a principled stance doesn't help someone who needs
codepoints outside the basic plane.

otherwise we become the 64000 characters ought to
be enough for everyone guys.

- erik