1 files changed, 33 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/README.unicode b/README.unicode
index 5ce0dd53657..51c2db5a237 100644
--- a/README.unicode
+++ b/README.unicode
@@ -1,50 +1,54 @@
                                                                   -*-text-*-
 Problems, fixmes and other issues in the emacs-unicode branch
+-------------------------------------------------------------
 Notes by fx to record various things of variable importance.  handa
 needs to check them -- don't take too seriously, especially with
 regard to completeness.
-_Do take seriously that you don't want this CVS branch unless you're
+_Do take seriously that you don't want this branch unless you're
-actually working on it; you'd risk your data._  If you just want to
+actually working on it; you risk your data by actually using it._  If
-edit Unicode and/or unify iso-8859 et al, see the existing support and
+you just want to edit Unicode and/or unify iso-8859 et al, see the
-the extra stuff at <URL:ftp://dlpx1.dl.ac.uk/fx/emacs/Mule>.  Editing
+existing support and the extra stuff at
-support is mostly orthogonal to the internal representation.
+<URL:ftp://dlpx1.dl.ac.uk/fx/emacs/Mule>, mostly now in the CVS trunk.
+(Editing support is mostly orthogonal to the internal representation.)
- * SINGLE_BYTE_CHAR_P returns true for Latin-1 characters.
+ * SINGLE_BYTE_CHAR_P returns true for Latin-1 characters, which has
+   undesirable effects.
- * Grok UTF-8 surrogates.
 * Rationalize character syntax and its relationship to the Unicode
   database.  Specifically, the latin-N.el files aren't consistent for
-   common characters.
+   common characters (and obviously have redundancies except in
+   unibyte mode).
- * Fontset handling and customization needs work.
+ * Fontset handling and customization needs work.  We want to relate
+   fonts to scripts, probably based on the Unicode blocks.  The
+   presence of small-repertoire 10646-encoded fonts in XFree 4 is a
+   pain, not currently worked round.
- * Likewise for charset and coding system priorities.
+ * Work is also needed on charset and coding system priorities.
 * The relevant bits of latin1-disp.el need porting (and probably
   re-naming/updating).  See also cyril-util.el.
- * Quail files need work now the encoding is irrelevant.  E.g. make
+ * Quail files need more work now the encoding is irrelevant.
-   unified Latin pre- and post- methods.
 * What to do with the old coding categories stuff?
- * Syntax for symbols &c in characters needs looking at.
+ * Syntax for symbols &c in characters.el needs looking at.
 * The preferred-coding-system property of charsets should probably be
   junked unless it can be made more useful now.
- * find-coding-systems-for-charsets needs re-writing.
+ * find-coding-systems-for-charsets needs re-writing or removing.
 * find-multibyte-characters needs looking at.
 * Implement Korean cp949/UHC and any other important missing
   charsets.
- * Check up on tcvn and alternativnj.
+ * Check up on definitions of tcvn and alternativnj.
 * Lazy-load tables for unify-charset somehow?
@@ -59,7 +63,7 @@ support is mostly orthogonal to the internal representation.
   speling and calendar, but that's not a Unicode issue.)
 * Handle Unicode combining characters usefully, e.g. diacritics, and
-   handle more scripts specifically (� la Devanagari).  There are
+   handle more scripts specifically (� la Devanagari).  There are
   issues with canonicalization.
 * Bidi is a separate issue with no support currently.
@@ -79,4 +83,16 @@ support is mostly orthogonal to the internal representation.
 * There's currently no support for Unicode normalization.
+ * Populate char-width-table correctly for Unicode chanaracters and
+   worry about what happens when double-width charsets covering
+   non-CJK characters are unified.
+ * Emacs 20/21 .elc files are currently not loadable.  It may or may
+   not be possible to do this properly.
+ * Encoding issues in babyl files/rmail need sorting out.
+ * Gnus still needs some attention, and we need to get changes
+   accepted by Gnus maintainers...
 * You can grep the code for lots of fixmes.

diff --git a/README.unicode b/README.unicode index 5ce0dd53657..51c2db5a237 100644 --- a/README.unicode +++ b/README.unicode
@@ -1,50 +1,54 @@
1	--text--	1	--text--
2		2
3	Problems, fixmes and other issues in the emacs-unicode branch	3	Problems, fixmes and other issues in the emacs-unicode branch
		4	-------------------------------------------------------------
4		5
5	Notes by fx to record various things of variable importance. handa	6	Notes by fx to record various things of variable importance. handa
6	needs to check them -- don't take too seriously, especially with	7	needs to check them -- don't take too seriously, especially with
7	regard to completeness.	8	regard to completeness.
8		9
9	_Do take seriously that you don't want this CVS branch unless you're	10	_Do take seriously that you don't want this branch unless you're
10	actually working on it; you'd risk your data._ If you just want to	11	actually working on it; you risk your data by actually using it._ If
11	edit Unicode and/or unify iso-8859 et al, see the existing support and	12	you just want to edit Unicode and/or unify iso-8859 et al, see the
12	the extra stuff at <URL:ftp://dlpx1.dl.ac.uk/fx/emacs/Mule>. Editing	13	existing support and the extra stuff at
13	support is mostly orthogonal to the internal representation.	14	<URL:ftp://dlpx1.dl.ac.uk/fx/emacs/Mule>, mostly now in the CVS trunk.
		15	(Editing support is mostly orthogonal to the internal representation.)
14		16
15	* SINGLE_BYTE_CHAR_P returns true for Latin-1 characters.	17	* SINGLE_BYTE_CHAR_P returns true for Latin-1 characters, which has
16		18	undesirable effects.
17	* Grok UTF-8 surrogates.
18		19
19	* Rationalize character syntax and its relationship to the Unicode	20	* Rationalize character syntax and its relationship to the Unicode
20	database. Specifically, the latin-N.el files aren't consistent for	21	database. Specifically, the latin-N.el files aren't consistent for
21	common characters.	22	common characters (and obviously have redundancies except in
		23	unibyte mode).
22		24
23	* Fontset handling and customization needs work.	25	* Fontset handling and customization needs work. We want to relate
		26	fonts to scripts, probably based on the Unicode blocks. The
		27	presence of small-repertoire 10646-encoded fonts in XFree 4 is a
		28	pain, not currently worked round.
24		29
25	* Likewise for charset and coding system priorities.	30	* Work is also needed on charset and coding system priorities.
26		31
27	* The relevant bits of latin1-disp.el need porting (and probably	32	* The relevant bits of latin1-disp.el need porting (and probably
28	re-naming/updating). See also cyril-util.el.	33	re-naming/updating). See also cyril-util.el.
29		34
30	* Quail files need work now the encoding is irrelevant. E.g. make	35	* Quail files need more work now the encoding is irrelevant.
31	unified Latin pre- and post- methods.
32		36
33	* What to do with the old coding categories stuff?	37	* What to do with the old coding categories stuff?
34		38
35	* Syntax for symbols &c in characters needs looking at.	39	* Syntax for symbols &c in characters.el needs looking at.
36		40
37	* The preferred-coding-system property of charsets should probably be	41	* The preferred-coding-system property of charsets should probably be
38	junked unless it can be made more useful now.	42	junked unless it can be made more useful now.
39		43
40	* find-coding-systems-for-charsets needs re-writing.	44	* find-coding-systems-for-charsets needs re-writing or removing.
41		45
42	* find-multibyte-characters needs looking at.	46	* find-multibyte-characters needs looking at.
43		47
44	* Implement Korean cp949/UHC and any other important missing	48	* Implement Korean cp949/UHC and any other important missing
45	charsets.	49	charsets.
46		50
47	* Check up on tcvn and alternativnj.	51	* Check up on definitions of tcvn and alternativnj.
48		52
49	* Lazy-load tables for unify-charset somehow?	53	* Lazy-load tables for unify-charset somehow?
50		54
@@ -59,7 +63,7 @@ support is mostly orthogonal to the internal representation.
59	speling and calendar, but that's not a Unicode issue.)	63	speling and calendar, but that's not a Unicode issue.)
60		64
61	* Handle Unicode combining characters usefully, e.g. diacritics, and	65	* Handle Unicode combining characters usefully, e.g. diacritics, and
62	handle more scripts specifically (� la Devanagari). There are	66	handle more scripts specifically (� la Devanagari). There are
63	issues with canonicalization.	67	issues with canonicalization.
64		68
65	* Bidi is a separate issue with no support currently.	69	* Bidi is a separate issue with no support currently.
@@ -79,4 +83,16 @@ support is mostly orthogonal to the internal representation.
79		83
80	* There's currently no support for Unicode normalization.	84	* There's currently no support for Unicode normalization.
81		85
		86	* Populate char-width-table correctly for Unicode chanaracters and
		87	worry about what happens when double-width charsets covering
		88	non-CJK characters are unified.
		89
		90	* Emacs 20/21 .elc files are currently not loadable. It may or may
		91	not be possible to do this properly.
		92
		93	* Encoding issues in babyl files/rmail need sorting out.
		94
		95	* Gnus still needs some attention, and we need to get changes
		96	accepted by Gnus maintainers...
		97
82	* You can grep the code for lots of fixmes.	98	* You can grep the code for lots of fixmes.