Re: Tilde

AMC wrote:

>I supposed you could instead ask why tilde isn't mapped to tilde
>operator in Nameprep.

Yes, that was my question.

>The mapping step in Nameprep was designed to
>avoid alternate representations of the same characters, and to erase
>case distinctions, not to save typing.

It's not a question of "saving typing" -- it's a question of keyboard 
real estate for the end-user.

If, as you say, the mapping step is to avoid alternate 
representations and to erase case distinctions, then it has failed 
because it doesn't produced anything. Instead, the process simply 
prohibits the character, and any replacement, which is not mentioned 
in the aforementioned design.

Now, if the tilde character is currently used in some fashion by 
behind the screens Internet techs, as Paul suggested, then I can 
understand why the tilde character is prohibited.

However, if the tilde character is not being used and if you want to 
take the position that "keyboard real estate" is of no concern to 
you, then that's your decision -- but please realize that you do so 
at the expense of the end-user and you do so without any real reason.

Please tell me why mapping the tilde to the tilde operator wouldn't work.

Thank you.

tedd

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