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From: kato@takashi.UUCP (Akira Kato)
Newsgroups: fj.kanji,fj.junet
Subject: Re: Please do not use " ESC ( H"  sequence (in English)
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Date: 9 Oct 86 02:48:00 GMT
Date-Received: 9 Oct 86 02:53:53 GMT
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Reply-To: kato@cs.titech.junet (Akira Kato)
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In article < 283@srava.UUCP>  nisimura@srava.sra.junet writes:

> Please DO NOT use "ESC ( H" sequence.
> 	"Go to JISRoman" sequence is "ESC ( J,"

    This opinion is quite right. However....
	o some kanji terminal can not recognize ESC-$-B / ESC-(-J.
	  (ex. NK100 by JCC)
	o problem of control character in Kanji mode, such as SPACE,
	  TAB, NEWLINE ....
    Both are the problem concerning ternimal capability / random-access 
    reading.

    So how about a solution :
	o In the network, Kanji articles should be represented by
	  correct JIS sequence. Any control character can be included in
	  the KANJI mode.
	o In the /usr/spool/news, articles may be one of Shift-JIS,
	  old JIS, DEC code, EUC code. The rule 'no control character
	  can be included in the KANJI mode' may be apply to the 
	  spool-ed artices. Gateway machine may spool the articles
	  as it receives.

    Implementation of the solution would be proposed by Prof. Hasebe
    in the last JUS symposium :
	o sending and distributing articles : modify /usr/lib/news/sys
	  or batcher to pass a filter.
	o receiving articles, rnews will be replaced by a simple shell 
	  script : exec filter | rnews.honmono

    Then does anyone post good filters?

		internal    network
	New JIS and (1)		New JIS and (1), (2) (*)
	Old JIS and (1)		    ''
	Shift JIS		    ''
	DEC code		    ''
	EUC code		    ''

	where (1) : control character can not be included in KANJI mode.
	      (2) :	''	        can  be		''
	      (*) : input from network, any JIS should be accept.
		    output to network, one of (1), (2) can be selected by
		    an option.

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					Akira Kato
				Tokyo Institute of Technology
				JUNET: kato@cs.titech.junet
P.S.
11 gatsu ikou old JIS ha uketsukenei, toiunoha mugoi to omoimasuga.
Semete harumade (Bnews 2.11 ga available ni narumade) matte !!