Re: [bug-gnu-libiconv] JIS-X-0213 in libiconv

[Bruno Haible]

[CCing the bug-gnu-libiconv list.]

Paul Hardy wrote:
> Greetings.  In looking through libiconv for JIS-X-0213:2004 support, I
> have found files indicating JIS-X-0213:2000 support.  I am writing to
> you because you signed the last release (version 1-16).  Have the
> JIS-X-0213 tables in libiconv been updated for the 2004 version of the
> standard?

You find the answer by looking at the history of the file
libiconv/lib/jisx0213.h :
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=libiconv.git;a=history;f=lib/jisx0213.h

Apparently I only forgot to update the comment.

> I wrote some code to map from JIS-X-0213:2004 to Unicode with two 94
> by 94 element arrays, and wanted to check choices that emacs uses for
> things like fullwidth versus non-fullwidth Unicode forms (I
> experimented with Firefox, and it appears to favor Unicode's fullwidth
> forms).
> 
> If I find discrepancies I can let you know and share the code with
> you, but I thought I'd first ask you what point in time the libiconv
> JIS-X-0213 is from.

It's the 2004 version. Also known as ISO-IR-233:
https://www.itscj.ipsj.or.jp/iso-ir/233.pdf

Bruno