X-Recipient:	archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com
X-Spam-Check-By:	sourceware.org
Date:	Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:20:38 -0400
From:	Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please AT cygwin DOT com>
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: cygwin and Unicode
Message-ID:	<20100714182038.GB10498@ednor.casa.cgf.cx>
Reply-To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Mail-Followup-To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
References:	<i1kuba$36k$1 AT dough DOT gmane DOT org>
MIME-Version:	1.0
In-Reply-To:	<i1kuba$36k$1@dough.gmane.org>
User-Agent:	Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14)
Mailing-List:	contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm
List-Id:	<cygwin.cygwin.com>
List-Unsubscribe:	<mailto:cygwin-unsubscribe-archive-cygwin=delorie DOT com AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Subscribe:	<mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Archive:	<http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post:	<mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Help:	<mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sourceware.org/ml/#faqs>
Sender:	cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
Mail-Followup-To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Delivered-To:	mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com

On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 08:06:31PM +0200, Lukas Haase wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Is there a chance to get Unicode with cygwin to work?
>
>Nowadays Unicode support is a fundamental component in modern software; 
>All state-of-the art operating systems support Unicode. I do not 
>understand why cygwin lacks this support.
>
>Unfortunately also this solution seems to be dead:
>http://www.okisoft.co.jp/esc/utf8-cygwin/
>
>Is there a reason why this solution is not implemented in the official 
>cygwin?

http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2009-12/msg00027.html

--
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple

- Raw text -