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Date: | Tue, 14 Nov 2006 18:12:25 -0500 |
From: | Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com> |
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Subject: | Re: Cygwin util replacing win-util for UCS-2 -> UTF-8; utf8 support (redux) |
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On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 02:58:15PM -0800, Brian Dessent wrote: >Linda Walsh wrote: >>Right now, to convert an NT text file in UCS-2 format, in bash, I use: >> >>mode.com codepage select=65001 reg export hklm\\software hklm-sw.reg5 >>cmd /c type hklm-sw.reg5 > hklm-sw-utf8.txt > >Yuck. Why don't you just use iconv instead? > >>What ever happened to the UTF-8 compatibility layer that someone wrote >>a patch for a while back? I don't recall seeing the issue discussed on >>the list. I heard mention that it might have been on another list, but >>it seems as a cygwin issue, it might have gotten more people interested >>in the discussion had it been discussed here. > ><http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-patches/2006-q3/msg00014.html> And, it has been mentioned here at least twice. This is the most recent case: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2006-10/msg01071.html cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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