Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2021 09:03:36 +0100
On 06/11/2021 23.56, Steve Downey wrote:
> I saw the post, thanks for that.
>
> I suspect that the software they use to produce the code charts has some features they have mostly forgotten about, particularly since the charts themselves are only useful references for humans.
My guess is that they use NamesList.txt to generate the code charts,
but have an independent file NameAliases.txt for their normative
statement of aliases. There is probably no automatic synchronization
between these two.
> For our purposes I will use the aliases file (minus BELL if it's there) as the list of names for control characters with a Note explaining the provenance.
BELL is not in NameAliases.txt.
Jens
> I saw the post, thanks for that.
>
> I suspect that the software they use to produce the code charts has some features they have mostly forgotten about, particularly since the charts themselves are only useful references for humans.
My guess is that they use NamesList.txt to generate the code charts,
but have an independent file NameAliases.txt for their normative
statement of aliases. There is probably no automatic synchronization
between these two.
> For our purposes I will use the aliases file (minus BELL if it's there) as the list of names for control characters with a Note explaining the provenance.
BELL is not in NameAliases.txt.
Jens
Received on 2021-11-07 02:03:44