> From: Richard Stallman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org > Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2007 18:23:28 -0400 > > It is pure luck if an Info file was generated for the same character > set that your terminal supports.
That's not what I see when I travel, especially not in the Far East. > Personally, I think preferring locale-specific encoding is TRT, since > most of the installed manuals that use non-ASCII characters are more > likely to use that than anything else. > > No, they will use a whole range of coding systems, on your machine, > on my machine, and on anybody's machine. > > That is not a solution. That is not a 100% solution for 100% of the problem, but it's a good compromise that works well in practice. You often advise others to shy away of purism and instead embrace practical compromises on the Right side of the 80-20 divide. Why not go with this advice in this case? _______________________________________________ emacs-pretest-bug mailing list emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-pretest-bug
