On 29 Apr 1999, I wrote: >> So, why not convert the user's 7-bit input queries to 8-bit on the >> front-end (if needed), and keep the dictionary as 8-bit only? Andreas Tille <tille@physik.uni-halle.de> writes: > Because it is not unique in any case to translate.^ Sure, but it would seem better to convert a user's 7-bit input query into one or more 8-bit queries rather than converting the entire dictionary. -ccwf