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Re: describe-char and unicode data
From: |
Stephen J. Turnbull |
Subject: |
Re: describe-char and unicode data |
Date: |
Mon, 12 May 2003 02:24:07 +0900 |
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Gnus/5.1001 (Gnus v5.10.1) XEmacs/21.5 (carrot, linux) |
>>>>> "rms" == Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:
>> Step one would be code to convert UnicodeData.txt to a
>> suitable elisp structure, generating a unicodedata.el file.
>> Given that, the additional logic in describe-char is trivial.
rms> That method would use a lot of space in the Lisp world. It
rms> might be better to load UnicodeData.txt into a buffer and
rms> search it, then kill the buffer.
In XEmacs/UTF-2000, the Lisp databases (which contain a lot more than
simply Unicode and Mule databases, and XEmacs is substantially less
space efficient than Emacs, but still...) take up 20-25MB. You want
this not in Lisp.
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- Re: describe-char and unicode data, (continued)
Re: describe-char and unicode data, Simon Josefsson, 2003/05/10
Re: describe-char and unicode data, Richard Stallman, 2003/05/12
Re: describe-char and unicode data, Simon Josefsson, 2003/05/12
Re: describe-char and unicode data, Simon Josefsson, 2003/05/13
Re: describe-char and unicode data, Richard Stallman, 2003/05/15
Re: describe-char and unicode data, Richard Stallman, 2003/05/11