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Re: Isolated Combining Characters

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Subject: Re: Isolated Combining Characters
From: Mark Leisher <mleisher@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 12:16:53 -0700 (MST)
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    Robert> Obviously an isolated combining character (i.e. one after newline)
    Robert> is somewhat broken, but what should I do with it for my xterm
    Robert> patch? Drop it silently? Replace it with U+FFFE or similar? I'm
    Robert> unaware of any precedent here...

I handle these cases specially by inserting and underscor in front to
"underscore" the fact of an isolated combining character on the loose.
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References:
- Isolated Combining Characters
  - From: Robert Brady

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