bug#7786: 23.2; Encoding of PostScript files

[Peter Dyballa]

> Am 13.10.2021 um 18:45 schrieb Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>:
> 
>> From: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Freenet.DE>
>> Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2021 18:23:50 +0200
>> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,
>> 7786@debbugs.gnu.org
>> 
>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostScript_Latin_1_Encoding
>>>> 
>>>> It shows the Unicode codepoint for each character in the codepage.  Or
>>>> what am I missing?
>>> 
>>> Yes, that's what I suggested using as the source -- somebody would have
>>> to transcribe that into a machine readable file.
>> 
>> Is this OK and usable?
> 
> AFAICT, that's very different from the Wikipedia data.

I created the file ten years ago. Could be I missed later some standardisation 
by ISO… which the Wikipedia's author knew?

Could be we mix things. My encoding stands for the encoding vector of a 
PostScript font.

Anyway would it help you to retrieve these files?

stdenc.txt
        #  Name:             Adobe Standard Encoding to Unicode
        #  Unicode version:  2.0
        #  Table version:    0.2
        #  Date:             30 March 1999
        #  
        #  Copyright (c) 1991-1999 Unicode, Inc. All Rights reserved.
        #  
        #  This file is provided as-is by Unicode, Inc. (The Unicode 
Consortium). No
        #  claims are made as to fitness for any particular purpose. No 
warranties of
        #  any kind are expressed or implied. The recipient agrees to determine
        #  applicability of information provided. If this file has been 
provided on
        #  magnetic media by Unicode, Inc., the sole remedy for any claim will 
be
        #  exchange of defective media within 90 days of receipt.
        #  
        #  Recipient is granted the right to make copies in any form for 
internal
        #  distribution and to freely use the information supplied in the 
creation of
        #  products supporting Unicode. Unicode, Inc. specifically excludes the 
right
        #  to re-distribute this file directly to third parties or other 
organizations
        #  whether for profit or not.
        #  
        #  Format: 4 tab-delimited fields:
        #
        #    (1) The Unicode value (in hexadecimal)
        #    (2) The Adobe Standard Encoding code point (in hexadecimal)
        #    (3) # Unicode name
        #    (4) # PostScript character name
        #  
        #  General Notes:
        # 
        #    The Unicode values in this table were produced as the result of 
applying
        #    the algorithm described in the section "Populating a Unicode 
space" in the
        #    document "Unicode and Glyph Names," at
        #    http://partners.adobe.com/asn/developer/typeforum/unicodegn.html
        #    to the characters encoded in Adobe Standard Encoding. Note that 
some
        #    Standard Encoding characters, such as "space", are mapped to 2 
Unicode
        #    values. Refer to the above document for more details.
        #
        #  Revision History:
        #
        #    [v0.2, 30 March 1999]
        #    Different algorithm to produce Unicode values (see notes above) 
results in
        #    some character codes being mapped to 2 Unicode values. Updated 
Unicode
        #    names to Unicode 2.0 names.
        #    
        #    [v0.1, 5 May 1995] First release.
        #
        #  Contact <unicode-inc@unicode.org> with any questions or comments.
        #

symbol.txt
        #
        #  Name:             Adobe Symbol Encoding to Unicode
        #  Unicode version:  2.0
        #  Table version:    0.2
        #  Date:             30 March 1999
        #  
        #  Copyright (c) 1991-1999 Unicode, Inc. All Rights reserved.
        #  
        #  This file is provided as-is by Unicode, Inc. (The Unicode 
Consortium). No
        #  claims are made as to fitness for any particular purpose. No 
warranties of
        #  any kind are expressed or implied. The recipient agrees to determine
        #  applicability of information provided. If this file has been 
provided on
        #  magnetic media by Unicode, Inc., the sole remedy for any claim will 
be
        #  exchange of defective media within 90 days of receipt.
        #  
        #  Recipient is granted the right to make copies in any form for 
internal
        #  distribution and to freely use the information supplied in the 
creation of
        #  products supporting Unicode. Unicode, Inc. specifically excludes the 
right
        #  to re-distribute this file directly to third parties or other 
organizations
        #  whether for profit or not.
        #  
        #  Format: 4 tab-delimited fields:
        #
        #    (1) The Unicode value (in hexadecimal)
        #    (2) The Symbol Encoding code point (in hexadecimal)
        #    (3) # Unicode name
        #    (4) # PostScript character name
        #  
        #  General Notes:
        # 
        #    The Unicode values in this table were produced as the result of 
applying
        #    the algorithm described in the section "Populating a Unicode 
space" in the
        #    document "Unicode and Glyph Names," at
        #    http://partners.adobe.com/asn/developer/typeforum/unicodegn.html
        #    to the characters in Symbol. Note that some characters, such as 
"space",
        #    are mapped to 2 Unicode values. 29 characters have assignments in 
the
        #    Corporate Use Subarea; these are indicated by "(CUS)" in field 4. 
Refer to
        #    the above document for more details.
        #
        #  Revision History:
        #
        #    [v0.2, 30 March 1999]
        #    Different algorithm to produce Unicode values (see notes above) 
results in
        #    some character codes being mapped to 2 Unicode values; use of 
Corporate
        #    Use subarea values; addition of the euro character; changed 
assignments of
        #    some characters such as the COPYRIGHT SIGNs and RADICAL EXTENDER. 
Updated
        #    Unicode names to Unicode 2.0 names.
        #
        #    [v0.1, 5 May 1995] First release.
        #
        #  Contact <unicode-inc@unicode.org> with any questions or comments.
        #

        #
        #  Name:             Adobe Zapf Dingbats Encoding to Unicode
        #  Unicode version:  2.0
        #  Table version:    0.2
        #  Date:             30 March 1999
        #  
        #  Copyright (c) 1991-1999 Unicode, Inc. All Rights reserved.
        #  
        #  This file is provided as-is by Unicode, Inc. (The Unicode 
Consortium). No
        #  claims are made as to fitness for any particular purpose. No 
warranties of
        #  any kind are expressed or implied. The recipient agrees to determine
        #  applicability of information provided. If this file has been 
provided on
        #  magnetic media by Unicode, Inc., the sole remedy for any claim will 
be
        #  exchange of defective media within 90 days of receipt.
        #  
        #  Recipient is granted the right to make copies in any form for 
internal
        #  distribution and to freely use the information supplied in the 
creation of
        #  products supporting Unicode. Unicode, Inc. specifically excludes the 
right
        #  to re-distribute this file directly to third parties or other 
organizations
        #  whether for profit or not.
        #  
        #  Format: Three tab-delimited fields:
        #
        #    (1) The Unicode value (in hexadecimal)
        #    (2) The Zapf Dingbats Encoding code point (in hexadecimal)
        #    (3) # Unicode 2.0 name
        #    (4) # PostScript character name
        #  
        #  General Notes:
        # 
        #    The Unicode values in this table were produced as the result of
        #    applying the algorithm described in the section "Populating a 
Unicode
        #    space" in the document "Unicode and Glyph Names," at
        #    http://partners.adobe.com/asn/developer/typeforum/unicodegn.html
        #    to the characters in Zapf Dingbats. Note that some characters, 
such as
        #    "space", are mapped to 2 Unicode values. 14 characters have 
assignments in
        #    the Corporate Use Subarea; these are indicated by "(CUS)" in field 
4.
        #    Refer to the above document for more details.
        #
        #  Revision History:
        #
        #    [v0.2, 30 March 1999] Different algorithm to produce Unicode 
values (see
        #    notes above) results in some character codes being mapped to 2 
Unicode
        #    values; use of Corporate Use subarea values; included BLACK CIRCLE 
and
        #    RIGHT HALF BLACK CIRCLE. Updated Unicode names to Unicode 2.0 
names.
        #    
        #    [v0.1, 5 May 1995] First release.
        #
        #  Contact <unicode-inc@unicode.org> with any questions or comments.
        #

zdingbat.txt
        #
        #  Name:             Adobe Zapf Dingbats Encoding to Unicode
        #  Unicode version:  2.0
        #  Table version:    0.2
        #  Date:             30 March 1999
        #  
        #  Copyright (c) 1991-1999 Unicode, Inc. All Rights reserved.
        #  
        #  This file is provided as-is by Unicode, Inc. (The Unicode 
Consortium). No
        #  claims are made as to fitness for any particular purpose. No 
warranties of
        #  any kind are expressed or implied. The recipient agrees to determine
        #  applicability of information provided. If this file has been 
provided on
        #  magnetic media by Unicode, Inc., the sole remedy for any claim will 
be
        #  exchange of defective media within 90 days of receipt.
        #  
        #  Recipient is granted the right to make copies in any form for 
internal
        #  distribution and to freely use the information supplied in the 
creation of
        #  products supporting Unicode. Unicode, Inc. specifically excludes the 
right
        #  to re-distribute this file directly to third parties or other 
organizations
        #  whether for profit or not.
        #  
        #  Format: Three tab-delimited fields:
        #
        #    (1) The Unicode value (in hexadecimal)
        #    (2) The Zapf Dingbats Encoding code point (in hexadecimal)
        #    (3) # Unicode 2.0 name
        #    (4) # PostScript character name
        #  
        #  General Notes:
        # 
        #    The Unicode values in this table were produced as the result of
        #    applying the algorithm described in the section "Populating a 
Unicode
        #    space" in the document "Unicode and Glyph Names," at
        #    http://partners.adobe.com/asn/developer/typeforum/unicodegn.html
        #    to the characters in Zapf Dingbats. Note that some characters, 
such as
        #    "space", are mapped to 2 Unicode values. 14 characters have 
assignments in
        #    the Corporate Use Subarea; these are indicated by "(CUS)" in field 
4.
        #    Refer to the above document for more details.
        #
        #  Revision History:
        #
        #    [v0.2, 30 March 1999] Different algorithm to produce Unicode 
values (see
        #    notes above) results in some character codes being mapped to 2 
Unicode
        #    values; use of Corporate Use subarea values; included BLACK CIRCLE 
and
        #    RIGHT HALF BLACK CIRCLE. Updated Unicode names to Unicode 2.0 
names.
        #    
        #    [v0.1, 5 May 1995] First release.
        #
        #  Contact <unicode-inc@unicode.org> with any questions or comments.
        #

These were just the file headers.

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  Pete

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