Re: Last Call: 'Proposed Experiment: Normative Format in Addition to ASCII Text' to Experimental RFC (draft-ash-alt-formats)

[Peter Dambier <peter at peter-dambier.de>]

Clement Cherlin wrote:
> On 6/17/06, Eliot Lear <lear at cisco.com> wrote:
>
> > I do think that ASCII art has its limits, particularly when it comes to
> > mathematics.  But I think a more gradual evolution is called for in this
> > case, with more consideration given to not only the normative issue but
> > all the others Joel raised.
> >
> > Eliot
>
>
> I believe one gradual approach that hasn't been discussed is using
> Unicode instead of ASCII.  Many of the problems of representing
> mathematics and diagrams could be resolved that way, while still
> retaining the compatibility and portability advantages of plain text.
> The majority of the solutions I've seen proposed would end up using
> Unicode as their base character set, so why not cut out the elaborate
> markup languages and use Unicode directly?
>
> I just whipped up some sample fixed-width Unicode art, to illustrate
> the possibilities:
>
> Unicode Math
>
>    ______
> -b±?b²-4ac
> ??????????
>    2a

The Math I could see, except for the divider line, Iguess.

> Unicode Box Drawing
>
> ??????????????????
> ? This is a box  ?
> ??????????????????
> ?With another box?
> ?   underneath   ?
> ??????????????????

There were no boxes but a peculiar line below.

> ------------------------------------------------------------------------


How about Tex?

It is as old as the internet and you can use vi to read and edit.
You still can use grep to scan all old documents to find something.

ASCII has its limits, yes.

All the alternatives mentioned are even more limited.
Except EBCDIC of course :)

I dont mind getting something new - if somebody else pays for it :)
But I dont like to lose something I need.

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