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Re: Charset request for iconv (patch included)
On Okt 02 2016, dcoffin@shell.cybercom.net wrote:
> I don't believe there is an official mapping. The author
> mentions two other mappings and how they differ from his. He
> also explains why he chose Greek letters over mathematical
> symbols. (Your Greek sigma looks correct in my editor while
> the math sigma looks like "???", so I can guess which is more
> widely supported.)
Just because some broken programs cannot display the characters should
not be a reason to use a wrong mapping.
Andreas.
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