Re: Clipboard handling (was: Re: [idn] Debunking the ACE myth)

[Martin Duerst <duerst@w3.org>]

Hello Patrick,

At 11:31 01/07/21 +0200, Patrik F$BgM(Btstr$B‹N(B wrote:
>--On 01-07-20 14.22 +0900 Martin Duerst <duerst@w3.org> wrote:
>
> > The clipboard doesn't have any protocol to distinguish whether the
> > target will be IDNA-enabled or not.
>
>It depends on what operating system you are using. Saying that the protocol
>doesn't exist is wrong.

Sorry, I wrote:

 >>>>
The clipboard doesn't have any protocol to distinguish whether the
target will be IDNA-enabled or not. [Most clipboards now have mechanisms
to distinguish the encoding, but ACE won't work with that. It's also
possible to create new clipboard categories, but again old applications
won't pick that up.]
 >>>>

The text in [] speaks exactly about what you said above.
Maybe I'll try to reword:

The DNS protocol has lot's of bells and whistles that could be
used to distinguish utf-8 and ace. Clipboard protocols do have
some bells and whistles that could be used to distinguish utf-8
and ace.

The DNS doesn't currently have a protocol to distinguish utf-8
and ace. Clipboards currently don't have a protocol to distinguish
utf-8 and ace.

Could you agree with that?

Regards,   Martin.