Re: new modules for Unicode normalization

[Jim Meyering]

Bruno Haible wrote:
...
> With this, you can easily create a program that reads UTF-8 from stdin and
> outputs it as canonicalized UTF-8 on stdout:
>   - create a "stream" that takes a Unicode character and outputs it to
>     stdout. (Gnulib module 'unistr/u8-uctomb'.)
>   - Wrap a Unicode normalizing filter around it. (Gnulib module
>     'uninorm/filter'.)
>   - Feed it with Unicode characters from standard input. (Gnulib module
>     unistr/u8-mbtouc'.)
>
> I would love to see such a program in coreutils. But I am not a coreutils
> maintainer.

Hi Bruno,

That sounds like it'd make a fine addition, and you're welcome to
contribute it.  Anyone can contribute, assuming they assign copyright.
And you did that for coreutils back before it was called that ;-)