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Re: [PATCH] Rename some "CPxxx" to "IBMxxx" (was Re: KOI8 character sets)
On Aug 25 21:13, Andy Koppe wrote:
> 2009/8/25 Corinna Vinschen:
> > Btw., we should also replace the "CPxxx" specifiers for some of the
> > charsets with "IBMxxx" as they are known on Linux. ?That's the case for
> > codepages 437, 850, 852, 855, 857, 858, 862, 866, 874.
>
> In that case, a few more changes might be needed actually. The Windows
> "ANSI" codepages are officially known as e.g. 'windows-1252', and the
> EUC charsets should have a hyphen: EUC-JP and EUC-KR.
>
> Here's the full list: http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets
Hmm, maybe we should NOT do that for now. I revoke my patch. This
looks easily like a bottomless pit.
Corinna
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Corinna Vinschen
Cygwin Project Co-Leader
Red Hat