From: Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks>
Subject: Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help
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On Mon, 20 Jan 2025 14:03:41 -0600, Physfitfreak wrote:

> 
> If one is serious about it (and I was), one can create one's own 
> characters in any language and use them with any keyboard pattern 
> convenient to him. 
>

That certainly is true.

But if you want to use software that is produced by others then you
have to adhere to some standard.

I don't deny that a group of people can communicate among themselves
with their own defined characters, but if you want to interact with
the rest of the world then you must use established standards.





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