On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 01:09:17PM +0000, Thorsten Glaser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mike Hommey dixit: > > >> it's not. We could create a neutral.utf-8 locale for sure > > Sounds like a plan. Maybe something short and uppercase, akin to > "C" and "POSIX", how about "STD.UTF-8"? > > >> but a > >> C.utf-8 is really bad, because some programs check the locale for 'C' > >> and when they foind that use hand optimized functions to replace the > >> localized libc ones. > > Ugh. Really? Nah, please spare me the details. > > >Note that you won't get strings split in the middle of a point code with > >UTF-8. > > This is possible with UTF-8. > > Try this one: ł (U+0142) = C5 82 > You can split between the C5 and the 82.
The vast majority of programs won't split a string in the middle of a word. Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
