[iyonix-support] Re: Embedded spaces

  • From: Stefaan Claes <sclaes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 11:49:58 +0200

On 30 May, Martin Wuerthner <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In message <4e2eda169asclaes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>           Stefaan Claes <sclaes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > BTW: when will the UCS font manager be available to other RO users? AFAIK
> > there is no technical reason why this unicode aware font manager (and the
> > extra keyboard drivers) can't be made available for RO4 and Select
> > (Adjust) users.

> True, there is no technical reason (apart from requiring quite a few 
> other components to be updated as well to make use of the extra 
> features), but the Unicode FontManager is one of the competitive 
> advantages of RO5, so there are good reasons for keeping it as a 
> RO5-only feature.

That's IMHO very short sighted. Making Unicode support available for all RO
users, is a win-win situation. Many software developpers won't make their
apps unicode aware (Zap is probably the only exception) as long as the
majority of RO users can't make any use of it.

> Martin

Stefaan

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Stefaan Claes, Hove, Antwerpen, Belgium, Europe, <sclaes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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