OT: character encodings (was: Linux 2.6.20-rc4)

[Tilman Schmidt]

Russell King schrieb:
[Leonard NorrgÃÂrd (1):]
> That is an à if you look at the raw message in UTF-8.  However, Linus
> sends mail in with a charset of ISO-8859-1, and if you place UTF-8
> encoded text in such a message body, you will see AÂ.

Only if the mechanism used for placing it there ignores the different
encodings.

> Welcome to the mess which the UTF-8 charset creates.

The problem of different character encodings coexisting on the same
platform, and the resulting occasional messing-up, far predates Unicode.
I distinctly remember one case of being bitten by this myself in 1977
when Unicode wasn't even on the horizon yet, and I don't think that was
the first time.

Tilman

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