Messages in this thread | | | From | Meelis Roos <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] UTF-8ifying the kernel source | Date | Thu, 04 Mar 2004 12:19:39 +0200 |
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DE> Here you find the first of several patches to convert the kernel DE> source from ISO Latin-1 to UTF-8. I'm working on the files that didn't DE> auto-convert easily; comments welcome ;-)
Why? It's just easier to use plain 8-bit text files today (with editors, code tools etc) and accept the limitations of it that to overcome the limitations by forcing people to UTF-8 editors & other tools.
I am not a kernel developer but this seems a bad idea to me.
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