Re: I-D file formats and internationalization

[Frank Ellermann <nobody at xyzzy.claranet.de>]

Douglas Otis wrote:

> this could also mean utilizing graphical characters to create
> clean lines, boxes, and borders.  This could be a matter of
> the character-repertoire going beyond ASCII in conjunction
> with a drawing application.  This approach should permit a
> simple translation back into ASCII-artwork for the ASCII only
> version.

This won't work.  Forget it.  The xml2rfc ASCII-approximations
for Latin-1 and some additional windows-1252 characters are
already dubious.  Weird cp858 example added below, bye, Frank

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Title: ASCII isn't the point here

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