From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762622AbXFDXLU (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Jun 2007 19:11:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757623AbXFDXLM (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Jun 2007 19:11:12 -0400 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:53868 "EHLO mailhub.stusta.mhn.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753917AbXFDXLM (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Jun 2007 19:11:12 -0400 Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 01:11:15 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Sam Ravnborg Cc: LKML Subject: Re: default charset for linux-kernel code? Message-ID: <20070604231115.GG5500@stusta.de> References: <20070604213645.GA18588@uranus.ravnborg.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070604213645.GA18588@uranus.ravnborg.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15+20070412 (2007-04-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.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 cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed