[Cuis] Unicode status update

[Juan Vuletich]

On 21/03/2013 01:21 p.m., Ken Dickey wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Mar 2013 08:50:56 -0300
> Juan Vuletich<juan at jvuletich.org>  wrote:
>
>> BTW, please keep us updated wrt your work on Unicode.
> I just did a push.  Right now things are in transition and there is a lot of breakage.
>
> I have been porting unit tests and code from the Ropes implementation.  [10 of 56 unit tests fail].
>
> I am currently working on the implementation of line and word breaks.  This is covered in two appendices in the Unicode standard weighing in at about 100 pages of description that combine character classes and scanning.  A bit more complex than one would like.
>

Hehehe. I guess that a simplified version that could fit in one page 
could be enough for 99% of the people, right?

> Apologies for "going dark". I am making progress. At this point you have discovered me with a wrench and screw driver in hand with the machine open and parts scattered all over the floor.

:) You must be having fun!

Cheers,
Juan Vuletich

> More later,
> -KenD