Re: UTF-8 practically vs. theoretically in the VFS API

Jamie Lokier
2004-02-17T21:48:24Z

Alex Belits wrote:
> > No, I think hacking the terminal I/O is the best bet here. Then _all_
> > programs which currently work with UTF-8 terminals, which is rapidly
> > becoming most of them, will work the same with both kinds of terminal,
> > and the illusion of perfection will be complete and beautiful.
>
> UTF-8 terminals (and variable-encoding terminals) alreay exist,
> gnome-terminal is one of them. They are, of course, bloated pigs, but I
> would rather have the bloat and idiosyncrasy in the user interface where
> it belongs.

Yes, I am using it right now. The fancy characters work well in it.
Problem is, sometimes I have to use a non-UTF-8 terminal, and I would
naturally like to access my files in the same way.

-- Jamie