Re: Very general question about Unicode processing

(Unless you've already done it) you might want to start reading at

        http://www.unicode.org/

At least the "What is Unicode" and "FAQ", to get a general idea
of hows and whys of Unicode.

-- 
Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi(_at_)iki(_dot_)fi> http://www.iki.fi/jhi/ "There is this 
special
biologist word we use for 'stable'.  It is 'dead'." -- Jack Cohen