[Zip] Re: [Zope3-dev] Zope 3 ids, names, and unicode

[Jim Fulton]

Stefane Fermigier wrote:
> 
> On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 01:30:41PM +0200, Martijn Faassen wrote:
> >
> > Well, I'd say ids in Zope, as they show up in urls at least, can have
> > a meaning. They don't have to have a meaning, but it's rather nice
> > that they *can* (it makes for readable urls among others). Very similar
> > to file names, which don't have to have a meaning, but it's rather nice
> > that they can.
> 
> Right. Except that for Joe Average Desktop Operating system And Office
> Automation User, file names are the only way they have to order their
> content, so it's very important that they are meaningful to them.
> 
> Regarding the wikinames, we, the french users, are a little bit less desperate
> than japanese or other non-latin character sets, but the restriction on ASCII
> only characters is annoying for many customers.

Could you be more specific about the frustration? Is this a matter of folder
listings? URLs? Something else?

Jim


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