* Alejandro Lopez-Valencia (2004-02-27 14:42 +0100) > On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 12:35:23 +0100, Thorsten Kampe wrote in > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> although typing non-ascii characters in a >>shell doesn't make sense. The only use is showing files with ls or d - >>which is not a shell thing. > > Really? > > Say, you use cygwin to do text processing (I do, with the help of a > bleeding edge groff), and in a whim you decide to write poetry to your > girlfirend. Being a German speaker, you type, e.g., > "Lieder_für_meine_geliebte.tr". > > Did you or did you not need to type high-bit charecters in your shell? > (Don't say you type them from within your editor, that's cheating).
I simply wouldn't generate filenames with non-ascii characters in a shell. Same with spaces. Sooner or later some application will choke on it and it'll take me hours to search and find the script or application and fix it or make a workaround. "Lieder_fuer_meine_Geliebte.tr" suffices and probably I'd call it "poems_for_my_sweetheart.txt" because she comes from Poland and we communicate in English... :-) Thorsten -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/