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Date:      Tue, 23 Mar 1999 22:54:41 +0100
From:      J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
To:        freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Umlauts [was: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/cam cam_xpt.c]
Message-ID:  <19990323225441.54729@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <199903231633.JAA02400@harmony.village.org>; from Warner Losh on Tue, Mar 23, 1999 at 09:33:26AM -0700
References:  <19990323081900.52443@uriah.heep.sax.de> <199903220215.TAA63620@panzer.plutotech.com> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9903212119230.430-100000@picnic.mat.net> <19990323081900.52443@uriah.heep.sax.de> <199903231633.JAA02400@harmony.village.org>

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As Warner Losh wrote:

> That's why you can use oe rather than ö.  This is true for the
> german umlaut, but I don't know about other languages.

Yep, <vowel>e transcriptions are quite common here (`ß' is
transcripted as `ss' then), as well as the LaTeX transcriptions like
"a for ä.

I don't think other languages use anything like this, so in case you
can't spell Søren Schmidt correctly, it's IMHO best to call him Soren
instead.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)


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