Re: [idn] Cut&paste discussion

["Soobok Lee" <lsb@postel.co.kr>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Erik Nordmark" <Erik.Nordmark@Sun.COM>
To: "Soobok Lee" <lsb@postel.co.kr>
Cc: "Erik Nordmark" <Erik.Nordmark@Sun.COM>; <idn@ops.ietf.org>
Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 5:15 PM
Subject: Re: [idn] Cut&paste discussion


> > "Is copy&paste implementable consistantly & properly under IDNA?" and "How
> > to implement IDNA's copy&paste in specific OS platforms?" are different
> > questions.  Do you agree?
> 
> Sure look like different questions to me.
> 
> > The former one was discussed, not the latter.
> 
> Patrik's and others discussions about cut&paste on MAC vs. the X window system
> sure seemed like it was touching on the latter question of yours.

It may have seemed that way if you assume the problem resides only in X-windows system.

However,even in MAC OSX and MS Windows, you can lauch "telnet(ssh) yourhost.com" and
launch TTY-based MUA like mutt or pine in it, as in X-windows. Therefore, I think
IDN strings' copy&paste implementability issues is not GUI issue, but rather
embedded/layered/tunneled (i don't know better term) application architecture
issue present in ALL operating systems and GUIs. 

that is, tty-based applications are presented to end user through 
purely textual applicaton like telnet,ssh,xterm, and there copy&paste operation
on specific pattern of 18n strings in the text screen should be special than those
for any other patterns of strings. That problem exists in all Operating system environments
,so   that is not a implementation specific issue, but a implementability issue
common in all OS and GUIs.

> 
> But my question was really whether folks would find benefit in having a
> separate mailing list for discussing implementation issues with IDNA
> in general.

I agree that the latter one should be discussed in other place, while
the former one is still our issue.


> 
>   Erik