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

Alex Belits
2004-02-17T21:10:05Z

On Tue, 17 Feb 2004, Jamie Lokier 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.

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Alex