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Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 20:03:07 -0500
From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: utf-8 and cygwin
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Mariusz Wodzicki wrote:
> I would like to reopen the discussion about utf-8 support in cygwin.
> 
> SIXTEEN months passed since there were some exchanges about it
> on the cygwin mail list.
> 
> The lack of support for filenames with non-Latin1 characters is
> currently the MOST SEVERE LIMITATION of cygwin in my opinion.
> 
> Due to the international nature of internet more and more of us
> are getting all sorts of files with utf-8 filenames.
> 
> In presence of such files in our file systems, all the basic
> commands are broken (ls, cp, mv, diff, rsync, et cetera).
> 
> This becomes more and more annoying with every passing day.
> 
> What is the current situation? When can we expect that
> this problem gets resolved?

Work is going on in CVS (the eventual 1.7.x series) to handle long file
names/paths.  This will enable Unicode internally at least.  Check out
CVS and lend a hand if you're able.

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A: Yes.
 > Q: Are you sure?
 >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
 >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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