Re: [ADDON] multi-localized attributions
On 2005-10-15 15:07:06 -0400, Derek D. Martin wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 15, 2005 at 07:49:15PM +0200, Alain Bench wrote:
> > | $ ./attributer fr_FR
> > | set my_save_config_charset="$config_charset"
>
> Is '$' the same character in all charsets? Since this line is in
> UTF-8, but we haven't yet told mutt that it is in UTF-8, couldn't this
> fail on systems where the character code equal to the ASCII value of
> '$' corresponds to a different character?
In EBCDIC, this would probably fail, but is it supported by Mutt?
> While not the same, I'm thinking of the case of '\', which is the same
> in most European charsets, I believe... But in at least some Asian
> charsets corresponds to a monetary symbol. For example in ko_KR/EUC-KR
> it is ￦ (though I think this glyph that I've used is technically the
> wrong glyph), the symbol for the Korean Won, and I think Japan uses it
> for ¥ also.
Probably, as on the Zaurus, typing '\' in a terminal gives ¥ with
some fonts. But I don't know if this is because the corresponding
charset is not ASCII-based or because the font doesn't conform to
the standards.
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