Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 13:13:13 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: "J.R. Oldroyd" <fbsd@opal.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unicode (was Re: Updating ncurses in base) Message-ID: <20060627131313.2lvy38lg08kwo008@netchild.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <20060626160245.GM48766@linwhf.opal.com> References: <6eb82e0606091906j7d9f69aarcf1f9738c7565677@mail.gmail.com> <20060625221640.GI48766@linwhf.opal.com> <20060626014939.GA74292@over-yonder.net> <20060626160245.GM48766@linwhf.opal.com>
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Quoting "J.R. Oldroyd" <fbsd@opal.com> (from Mon, 26 Jun 2006 12:02:45 -0400= ): > Is it time to consider making the utf-8 encoding the default character > encoding in FreeBSD? > > Most other OSs have moved to utf-8 over the last few years. We > remain somewhat behind in this respect, which is odd, considering > the wide international participation in the FreeBSD community. > > It's not much work to do this. The notes in the link I posted > and the earlier message which started this thread suggest where > work still needs to be done: > > =09- ncurses in the base system will need updating to a > =09 current version with wide-character support > > =09- we may need to update the base fonts so that more > =09 iso10646 ones have more complete character support If there's not a BSD licensed replacement with at least the same =20 quality, this may be the hardest part. > =09- some work will need to be done to fix wide-character > =09 related bugs in a few utilities, e.g., nvi > > =09- utf-8 will have to be made the default character > =09 encoding in startup scripts for the various utilities > =09 and ports that are affected Why? The start scripts are written in english and I doubt we will =20 start to use translated ones. So all they use is/should be 7-bit =20 clean. Wy do we need to make UTF-8 the default for them? If someone =20 wants to use UTF-8, he can set the locale accordingly, but for the =20 rest of the system I don't see a point in switching. Bye, Alexander. --=20 Sometimes I live in the country, And sometimes I live in town. And sometimes I have a great notion, To jump in the river and drown. http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID =3D B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID =3D 72077137
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