Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:14:44 +0000 From: Daniel Leal <dleal@webvolution.net> To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: accents in file names Message-ID: <4995E2C4.8020102@webvolution.net> In-Reply-To: <9BDCF06E-713F-4627-B8E6-8D15D5F3F120@mac.com> References: <499498A4.4000103@webvolution.net> <9BDCF06E-713F-4627-B8E6-8D15D5F3F120@mac.com>
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Ok, Thanks a lot... I will read carefully these articles... bye. daniel Chuck Swiger wrote: > On Feb 12, 2009, at 1:46 PM, Daniel Leal wrote: >> is there a way to have a freebsd system with file names with accented >> words. Like "filé.txt" instead of "file.txt". Now if I copy a file >> with an accented letter to my freebsd box, the accented letter simply >> disappear. > > UFS supports 8-bit characters except for "/" and "\0", but you also > need to run a terminal with UTF8 support and use a correct font to > view such things. Perhaps this might give you some insight: > > http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/unicode.html > > Note that other file systems have more comprehensive Unicode support: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_systems#Limits > > Perhaps I'm biased, but I've long been of the opinion that the Mac > platform with HFS+ has very good internationalization support. > > Regards,
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