On Tuesday, April 2, 2002, at 12:26 , Jarkko Hietaniemi wrote: > Just checking: is enc2xs really a widely enough useful tool to install > for everybody? It's pretty specialized, after all.
It is special indeed for those wanting to add ucm-based new encodings. However, External encoding modules stand no chance without it. So far Encode::HanExtra works fine but once for example, NI-S decides to rehack encengine.c, the Encode::HanExtra need to be updated. with enc2xs, all you need is recompilation should that occur. Don't expect those who want to add encodings are programmers. Autrijus happens to be a programmer (and darn good one!) so HanExtra would be ok with or without enc2xs. But with more modules to come (such as proposed Encode::JISX0213), enc2xs is needed and it is rather ludicrous to get the whole Encode distro just to get enc2xs..... Dan the Encode Maintainer
