> -----Original Message-----
> From: peter_jacobi.rm [mailto:peter_jacobi@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 8:24 AM
> To: Firebird-Architect@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Firebird-Architect] PJColKit v0.4, TIS620
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> Dear All,
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> I just uploaded a new version of my fbintl2.dll
> example (source, Win32 binary, sample scripts) to
> http://www.jodelpeter.de/i18n/fbarch/
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> Some defective handling of trailing spaces
> in comparisons have been fixed, so the brave users
> of LC_loadable may want to update.
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> Also, after about six months delay, the very interesting
> case of the Thai character set TIS 620 and its sorting
> according to the Thai Royal Dictionary, has been included
> for testing. (See http://www.nectec.or.th/it-standards/thaistd.pdf)
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> This is also a first attempt to make the multi-level collations
> more space efficent. Whereas current FB uses 24 bits/character,
> the TIS620_TH_TH collation is happy with 10 bits/character, for
> a full fledged four level collation.
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> The difference results from using variable length bitstrings
> instead of entire bytes for all levels. Bitstring assignment
> for TIS620_TH_TH can be seen here:
> http://www.jodelpeter.de/i18n/thai/index.htm
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> Best Regards,
> Peter Jacobi
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