Messages in this thread | | | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: Need for more ISO8859 codepages? | Date | 1 Feb 2001 09:39:05 -0800 |
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Followup to: <4755.137.44.4.15.981028098.squirrel@www.sucs.swan.ac.uk> By author: "Rhys Jones" <linux-kernel@postwales.com> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > Hello, > > Please forgive a semi-newbie post. > > About 18 months ago I patched fs/nls/ to include support for the > Celtic character set, ISO8859-14. I notice that there are still gaps > in nls, specifically in ISO8859 codepages 10 to 13. > > The missing codepages are for Nordic/Icelandic (ISO8859-10), Thai > (ISO8859-11), and Baltic Rim (ISO8859-13) languages. I'm still trying > to determine the status of ISO8859-12 at the moment. > > Two questions, really. The general one is whether anyone would find > these codepages useful. If they would, I'm willing to provide the > patches in due course. More specifically, can anyone tell me why > ISO8859-10 (Icelandic etc.) is mentioned in Documentation/Configure.help > whilst nls_iso8859-10.c is missing from the fs/nls directory? >
Having them around can never be a bad thing.
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