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Re: Agenda for the 2024-01-24 SG16 meeting

From: Robin Leroy <eggrobin_at_[hidden]>
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2024 17:47:09 +0100
Le mer. 24 janv. 2024 à 17:39, Steve Downey via SG16 <sg16_at_[hidden]>
a écrit :

> u8"\N{OHM SIGN}" is probably the closer to right thing, since it's
> distinguishable from u8"\N{GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMEGA}"
>
Distinguishable yes, but canonically equivalent, and discouraged.
*The Unicode Standard* reads, in Section 7.2 Greek, *sub* Greek Letters as
Symbols <https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode15.1.0/ch07.pdf#G12477>,

> The *ohm sign* is canonically equivalent to the *capital omega*, and
> normalization would remove any distinction. Its use is therefore
> discouraged in favor of *capital omega*.


Best regards,

Robin Leroy

Received on 2024-01-24 16:47:28