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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@cor...>
Subject: Re: [9fans] speaking of kenc
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:26:51 -0400

> They'd only be useful on systems that don't support Unicode in source
> files, the way digraphs and trigraphs are only useful if you have a
> broken keyboard without braces.  But they're part of the spec, add
> maybe 20 lines of code, and don't slow anything down unless they're
> used.  Maybe in the Unix port of kencc they'll be wanted.

one problem.  kenc runs on plan 9.  plan 9 supports unicode.

have you ever used a di/trigraph?  reading one in the spec does not count.

- erik