From keld@dkuug.dk Thu Apr  4 23:24:00 1991
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From: Keld J|rn Simonsen <keld@dkuug.dk>
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Subject: unicode comments on XPG3
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Maybe we shoul look at these requirements?

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From: tut@eng.sun.com (Bill "Bill" Tuthill)
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Subject: shortcomings in XPG locale (was Sort sequence)
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Now that Glenn Adams has pointed out the impoverishment of the
LC_COLLATE locale mechanism with regard to sorting, I'd like to
point out a few other shortcomings of the XPG locale scheme.

1. There is no LC_BIDI database to store direction information.
	Did X/Open ever think about Hebrew and Arabic?

2. Input methods for disambiguating Japanese, Korean etc. are not
	codified in any LC_INPUT file.

3. LC_FONT (or whatever) for supporting extended character sets
	and typography is missing.

4. For Indic languages (and any heavily composed script), there
	is no LC_COMPOSE database.

In short, one would have to draw the conclusion that the XPG
scheme is pretty impoverished for use outside of Western Europe.

Bill