Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:34:58 +0200 | From | Willy Tarreau <> | Subject | Re: [2.6 patch] UTF-8 fixes in comments |
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On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 10:01:07AM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > > In fact, I would have better converted accentuated chars to their ASCII > > equivalent to be more friendly with people who only read 7-bit. > > Perhaps we should put them in latin as well just in case any Roman is > struggling with this new language 8) Distibutions have been shipping UTF > enabled by default for years and years.
"enabled" does not mean "working" Alan. I know one distro which I will not name in order not to offense you which shipped with it enabled by default, but which would not properly display the characters on the console, resulting in mangled messages during boot. I particularly remember the "[ECHEC]" ("[FAILED]") with random garbage instead of the first 'E'.
:-) Willy
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