On 04/19/13 09:31, William Mattison wrote: > > What do you get when you type.... > > > > file filename ? > > > > I don't remember, but I think in the Fedora 9 days Unicode may not have > > been the default. The encoding you have may be GB2312. > > > > You can try running.... > > > > iconv -f GB2312 -t UTF8 filename > filename.utf8 > > > > and then vi the resulting file.... > > On the Redhat 9 system, for a simplified Chinese file, I get "ISO-8859 text". > > On the Fedora-18 system, for a simplified Chinese file imported from the > Redhat 9 system, I get "ISO-8859 text". > > On the Fedora-18 system, for a new simplified Chinese file, I get "UTF-8 > Unicode text". > > I have not yet tried an iconv. When I try it, what should the f and t > arguments be, and do I need any other arguments? > >
The ISO-8859 text is a good indication that the file is encoded in GB2312. So, you'll want -f GB2312 -t UTF-8 That is all.... -- From now on, at least during winter time, Im going to blame all spelling an grammar erros on the cat sitting on my chest every time I sit down at the computer.... -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
