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authorThomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>1998-11-10 19:47:00 -0500
committerThomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>1998-11-10 19:47:00 -0500
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diff --git a/src/chrtrans/README.format b/src/chrtrans/README.format
index 4ced0a14..636afd32 100644
--- a/src/chrtrans/README.format
+++ b/src/chrtrans/README.format
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ b) directives:
    start with a keyword which may be abbreviated to one letter (first
    letter must be capitalized), followed by space and a value.
    Currently recognized:
- 
+
     OptionName
 	The name under which this should appear on the O)ptions screen
 	in the list for Display Character Set
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ c) character translation definitions:
    0x41    U+0041 U+0391 ...
 
    and are used for "forward" translation (mapping this charset to Unicode)
-   AS WELL AS "back" translation (mapping Unicodes to an 8-bit 
+   AS WELL AS "back" translation (mapping Unicodes to an 8-bit
    [incl. 7-bit ASCII] code).
 
    For the "forward" direction, only the first Unicode is used; for
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ c) character translation definitions:
    The above example line would tell the chartrans mechanism:
    "For this charset, code position 65 [hex 0x41] contains Unicode
     U+0041 (LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A).  For translation of Unicodes to
-    this charset, use byte value 65 [hex 0x41] for U+0041 (LATIN CAPITAL 
+    this charset, use byte value 65 [hex 0x41] for U+0041 (LATIN CAPITAL
     LETTER A) as well as for U+0391 (GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ALPHA)."
 
   [Note that for bytes in the ASCII range 0x00-0x7F, the forward translations
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ c) character translation definitions:
  * where <range> ::= <fontpos>-<fontpos>
  * and <unicode> ::= U+<h><h><h><h>
  * and <h> ::= <hexadecimal digit>
+ *
+  [Note that <fontpos> _without_ targets assumed notdefined,
+  so tables from ftp.unicode.org need no patching.]
+
 
 d) string replacement definitions:
 
@@ -89,10 +93,10 @@ d) string replacement definitions:
 
   U+00cd:I'
 
-  which would mean "Replace Unicode U+00cd (LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH 
+  which would mean "Replace Unicode U+00cd (LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH
   ACUTE" with the string (consisting of two character) I' (if no other
   translation is available)."  Please note that replacement definitions
-  in certnain charset table will override ones from Default table.
+  in certain charset table will override ones from the Default table.
 
   Note that everything after the ':' is currently taken VERBATIM, so
   careful with trailing blanks etc.
@@ -111,7 +115,7 @@ d) string replacement definitions:
 
 Motivation:
 
-- It is an extention of the format already in use for Linux (kernel,
+- It is an extension of the format already in use for Linux (kernel,
   kbd package), those files can be used with some minimal editing.
 
 - It is easy to convert Unicode tables for other charsets, as they