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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/6/2024 7:23 PM, Erik Carvalhal
Miller via Unicode wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:CAJTfRPHxj+Sk2uZAwfFuagcQpG17iT4xTiPeWiV6_Lx5JkR0QQ@mail.gmail.com">If
emoji tag sequences, including the existing flag emoji tag
sequences, categorically constitute markup, then this markup
format is one which Unicode has paradoxically defined as part of
its plain‐text standard. </blockquote>
<p><font face="Candara">And that is the key. If you agree that
Unicode is a plain text standard then anything that Unicode
defines is ipso-facto plain text. <br>
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<p><font face="Candara">You may choose to go "plainer" by not
supporting some features of Unicode (and the conformance clauses
make provisions for that).</font></p>
<p><font face="Candara">But you may not extend Unicode with
additional features without leaving the definition of plain
text.</font></p>
<p><font face="Candara">That may seem paradoxical, but that's what
it is.</font></p>
<p><font face="Candara">A./<br>
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