Subject: Re: CVS commit: basesrc
To: Soren S. Jorvang <soren@wheel.dk>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: source-changes
Date: 12/07/1999 17:22:03
"Soren S. Jorvang" <soren@wheel.dk> writes:
> On Tue, Dec 07, 1999 at 02:53:59PM -0500, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> > "Soren S. Jorvang" <soren@netbsd.org> writes:
> > > Modified Files:
> > > 	basesrc/distrib/notes: Makefile.inc
> > > 
> > > Log Message:
> > > Use -Tlatin1 for output.
> > 
> > Is that a good idea?
> 
> Some characters (e.g. in names :-) were getting lost.

Yeah, but it totally screws up ordinary formatting characters for
people who don't have latin 1 displays (including things like the
dashes at the ends of lines), and screws up even more for people who
use things like Japanese and similar terminals. International != Latin
1.

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Perry Metzger		perry@piermont.com
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