lynx-dev chrtrans .tbl format (was: ... (em dash = --)

[Leonid Pauzner]

16-Mar-99 20:28 Klaus Weide wrote:
>> >    U+2001:
>> >    U+2003:
>>
>> > (there are two significant spaces at the end of both lines)
>> > should probably become
>> >    U+2001 "  "
>> >    U+2003 "  "
>>
>> there is no universal solution, yours will restrict " char from the string.

> I think you miss that this syntax is already implemented - and you
> can use stuff like "...\"..." for embedded " chars.  But I was just
> suggesting to use this for the few strings with significant trailing
> spaces, not to change all lines.

>    Klaus

Yes, I have overlooked it. I thought it was for octal codes etc.
and miss its obvious usage for 7bit replacement strings:
It was not written explicitely in chrtrans/README.format
Apparently, dev.20 happens to have "-- " for mdash instead of "--"
(I guess Tom was misguided from our discussion in a rush hour
and made incorrect interpretation of a patch sent by e-mail as open text).

I think we should tweak README.format
so *every* string with trailing spaces
should be enclosed as U+1234 "..." string (add example)
with (or without?) support for trailing spaces in U+2345:normal

>From the current chrtrans/README.format:


d) string replacement definitions:

  They look like

  U+00cd:I'

  which would mean "Replace Unicode U+00cd (LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH
  ACUTE" with the string (consisting of two character) I' (if no other
  translation is available)."  Please note that replacement definitions
  in certain charset table will override ones from the Default table.

  Note that everything after the ':' is currently taken VERBATIM, so
  careful with trailing blanks etc.

 * Syntax accepted:
 *      <unicode>       :<replace>
 *      <unicode range> :<replace>
 *      <unicode>       "<C replace>"
 *      <unicode range> "<C replace>"
 *
 * where <unicode range> ::= <unicode>-<unicode>
 * and <unicode> ::= U+<h><h><h><h>
 * and <h> ::= <hexadecimal digit>
 * and <replace> any string not containing '\n' or '\0', taken verbatim
 * and <C replace> any string, with backslash having the usual C meaning.