Re: [MacPerl-Modules] XML::Parser: support for native Mac (Roman) character set

[bart.lateur@skynet.be (Bart Lateur)]

On Mon, 6 Dec 1999 09:52:21 -0500, Chris Nandor wrote:

>At 11.28 +0000 1999.12.06, Bart Lateur wrote:
>>Huh, yeah. There is a textfile included with the module, called
>>"IANA-assigned-character-sets". The name used in this is "macintosh", or
>>"mac". I think that name is a bit Western-centric, almost colonial.
>
>Perhaps, but if it is the assigned name, I see no reason not to use it.

<grumpy>Yes, dad.</grumpy>

Anyway, I found that neat site again, with lots of info on all sorts of
character sets (thanks to a paper printout):

	http://czyborra.com/

Of which the section "Illustrated Prehistory: What was there before
Unicode?" -> "Codepage & Co." is particularily relevant to the Western
Mac (and PC): <http://czyborra.com/charsets/codepages.html>.

-- 
	Bart.

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