Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of almikes@aol.com designates 64.12.143.77 as permitted sender) client-ip=64.12.143.77;
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 18:53:02 +0200
From: "'Wuzzy' via lojban" <lojban@googlegroups.com>
To: lojban@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [lojban] Question about Lojbanized Name in Unix/Linux
Message-ID: <20140921185302.1efe2bc7@aol.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LN8.2.00.1409201747340.22199@jEEED>
References: <alpine.LN8.2.00.1409201747340.22199@jEEED>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Reply-To: lojban@googlegroups.com
Precedence: list
Mailing-list: list lojban@googlegroups.com; contact lojban+owners@googlegroups.com
Sender: lojban@googlegroups.com
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
X-Spam_score: -1.9
X-Spam_score_int: -18
X-Spam_bar: -

> .a,lekSANdr.koJEVni,kov.

=E2=80=9C.a,lekSANdr.=E2=80=9D can be also written as =E2=80=9C.a,leksandr.=
=E2=80=9D. By default, the
stress is on the syllable before the last one, in this case, =E2=80=9Csan=
=E2=80=9D. If
your word uses the default pronounciation, you do not have to
capitalize it. Having the stress on that syllable is also preferred.

> So here's the problem: In Unix/Linux, the user info is stored in the=20
> passwd file, and the full name in particular is stored in the "GECOS"=20
> field, which uses commas as a separator for its subfields, and
> (stupidly) has no escaping mechanism for the commas.
This just sucks.
It seems the GECOS field is culturally biased and it looks a lot of
this is only there to carry along legacy stuff.
Many manpages talk about a =E2=80=9Cfull name=E2=80=9D=E2=80=94This implies=
 that everyone has a
so-called =E2=80=9Cfull name=E2=80=9D, whatever that means.

Whatever.

Another workaround would be to simply drop the commas altogether, but
then you would have to live with a slightly different syllabation.
Lojbanization of names does not have to be perfect, also, it is
preferred to Lojbanize names with default pronounciation.

I know this is stupid but that way you have at least no alien
characters.

I do not know any estabilshed alternative characters for the comma.
Lojban has a very small alphabet and the semicolon is indeed not used.

--=20
Wuzzy
XMPP: Wuzzy2@jabber.ccc.de
E-Mail: wuzzy2@mail.ru

--=20
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "=
lojban" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an e=
mail to lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com.
Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.