From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
To: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: default charset for linux-kernel code?
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 01:11:15 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070604231115.GG5500@stusta.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070604213645.GA18588@uranus.ravnborg.org>
On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 11:36:45PM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> In private mail I have discussed with a person the default charset
> to use for source code and in particular Kconfig files in the kernel.
> I recall to have seen some mails about UTF-8 but I would like to have
> confirmed what is the 'nofficial?' recommended charset for kernel code?
Everything that gets compiled into the kernel image (including printk()'s
but excluding comments) 7bit ASCII, the rest UTF-8.
For Kconfig files UTF-8 should be the right choice (assuming all
*config tools support it).
> Sam
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Adrian
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2007-06-04 21:36 default charset for linux-kernel code? Sam Ravnborg
2007-06-04 23:11 ` Adrian Bunk [this message]
2007-06-05 5:27 ` Sam Ravnborg
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