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<font size="+1"><font face="Arial Unicode MS">I meant to mention that
byte ordering does some strange things to Vietnamese dictionaries. The
Vietnamese script is a Latin script, but because it uses some odd
characters code point ordering results in illogical and
non-alphabetical entry ordering. For example, the "d" with a line
through it (đ) gets relegated to near the end of the dictionary instead
of after the regular "d" or anything with an apostrophe at the
beginning of a word or phrase gets moved to the top of the list
regardless of the first letter (such as 'tis). I am supportive of the
IIRC general opinion. Let the module creator worry about the ordering.
Otherwise you get some very strange dictionary behavior. <br>
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Daniel<br>
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Eeli Kaikkonen wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Found an interesting thread on ordering dictionary entries. Currently
we use byte ordering for the key which results in UTF-8 or Latin-1
(cp1252) code point ordering.
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There has been some discussion about this. IIRC the general opinion
was that the original work has the right order and it should be
respected or at least it should be possible to follow it. Take the
Liddell-Scott for example. I don't know if there even exists a locale
for that which could give correct results. With these kind of works
it's not only about practicality but also faithfulness to the
original. Many who will use the LS module have already used the
original and want the same order. Currently it's very difficult to
find some words with BibleCS.
The thread was about BibleCS bugs, again IIRC.
--Eeli Kaikkonen
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