X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 18:12:25 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Cygwin util replacing win-util for UCS-2 -> UTF-8; utf8 support (redux) Message-ID: <20061114231225.GB22046@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <455A453A DOT 8060409 AT tlinx DOT org> <455A4A07 DOT D1E9FCB5 AT dessent DOT net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <455A4A07.D1E9FCB5@dessent.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , 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 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. > > 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/