From owner-freebsd-i18n@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 29 08:57:05 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-i18n@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB98E1065676 for ; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:57:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lichave@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.152]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EC408FC16 for ; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:57:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lichave@gmail.com) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id l26so531661fgb.35 for ; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:57:04 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=KImDvF6FQYntQsnanvvJElKbMDyIlLwazI1nCJTT20g=; b=b+agM4xYx1bIR5WMrUK54YUPUZgr559SP8vifablBy92wAm+1k0a5PvTzhoJRvcdyB 2lMpnPIjMs42/POV9eACP3YDPQsFGcmBPAGirSfUAos8totLZnh/P3+pnaBbATa8LcTi GN0nYtryJ86z+zGD+Uls0uNdpGQjvChfyrl8U= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=SWszba2H5PurcgRokiAeAktoqjzKvef44CqAcS+JzExuRY4NOKyyntC0xNmY3dbRGN 8d04ZHxGwat+cGF232teHpMP3yAiO1mU0pkt1NKtUyUkykhlqd6mUosd7QX2kZ/jbNMC /wdp7FWA/tMrSwtFg84XCHrUELI5tIUlNq+l8= Received: by 10.180.211.5 with SMTP id j5mr3125265bkg.38.1220000224259; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:57:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.180.240.4 with HTTP; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:57:04 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <716a8d5f0808290157v6f561908r98ec10b1ca09aa9e@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:57:04 +0200 From: "Konrad Jankowski" To: "Loren M. Lang" In-Reply-To: <1219868153.6962.37.camel@habakkuk.aloha.tallye.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <3cb459ed0808221700w335b0906g6901d8b8bec4dad9@mail.gmail.com> <1219868153.6962.37.camel@habakkuk.aloha.tallye.com> Cc: Alexander Churanov , freebsd-i18n@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unicode-based FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-i18n@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Internationalization Effort List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:57:05 -0000 On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 10:15 PM, Loren M. Lang wrote: > The third area that FreeBSD might need some improvement is in libc. I > am less familiar with this area so my information may be incorrect. > Basic locale and Unicode support exists in libc, but more advanced > functionality like character classes and collating needs work. The > commands mklocale and colldef are used to create the appropriate binary > data files from source and, if I remember correctly, used a format which > is too simplified to fully support a modern Unicode specification. The collation and colldef are being worked on right now, and the work is almost finished. Link to my wiki with project status, if somebody is interested: http://wiki.freebsd.org/KonradJankowski/Collation