use of ISO 2022 in Japanese net

[Erik M. van der Poel <erik@xxxxxxxxx>]

> The Japanese are doing ISO 2022 shifts for mail. 
> This is actually the only existing practise in bigger
> character set usage in mail, that I am aware of.
> I still think the Japanese should get their practise codified.
> 
> Keld

There is a document called "JUNET Riyou No Tebiki" (JUNET User's
Guide), and it includes guidelines about the actual escape sequences
to be used, going out of and back into Kanji for every newline, and so
on. I have a copy of one of the versions of the document, but it is in
Japanese. I don't know if anyone has translated it.


Erik M. van der Poel                                      erik@sra.co.jp
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