Re: Need for more ISO8859 codepages?
H. Peter Anvin (hpa@zytor.com)
1 Feb 2001 09:39:05 -0800
Followup to: <4755.137.44.4.15.981028098.squirrel@www.sucs.swan.ac.uk>
By author: "Rhys Jones" <linux-kernel@postwales.com>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> Hello,
>
> Please forgive a semi-newbie post.
>
> About 18 months ago I patched fs/nls/ to include support for the
> Celtic character set, ISO8859-14. I notice that there are still gaps
> in nls, specifically in ISO8859 codepages 10 to 13.
>
> The missing codepages are for Nordic/Icelandic (ISO8859-10), Thai
> (ISO8859-11), and Baltic Rim (ISO8859-13) languages. I'm still trying
> to determine the status of ISO8859-12 at the moment.
>
> Two questions, really. The general one is whether anyone would find
> these codepages useful. If they would, I'm willing to provide the
> patches in due course. More specifically, can anyone tell me why
> ISO8859-10 (Icelandic etc.) is mentioned in Documentation/Configure.help
> whilst nls_iso8859-10.c is missing from the fs/nls directory?
>
Having them around can never be a bad thing.
-hpa
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