RE: [idn] UNIX moving to UTF-8

[Patrik Fältström <paf@cisco.com>]

At 12.57 +0100 01-01-27, Karlsson Kent - keka wrote:
>However, to be able to edit config files with "ACE"s in them, there
>is no, and will never be any general purpose editor that supports that.
>You will need an editing tool (or auxilliary tool) SPECIFIC for IDN
>containing config file editing to be able to edit such a config file if
>you want to be able to read what is really encoded there in the
>"ACE"d IDNs.

You don't only need the ACE encoding but also the nameprep algorithm. 
So, specific tools _will_ be needed, just as special applications 
which use IDN.

And, these special tools will be needed regardless of ACE or UTF-8. I 
think that that is the point Keith (and myself) tries to make.

With the introduction of IDN, we can no longer "just" edit the config 
files in whatever applications.

So, existing applications can not be used. We need new tools.

    paf