Subject: Re: libiconv package broken?
To: None <tech-pkg@netbsd.org>
From: =?iso-8859-1?q?C=E9sar=20Catri=E1n?= <cesar_catrian@yahoo.com>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 07/09/2003 07:56:29
 --- César Catrián <cesar_catrian@yahoo.com> escribió:
>  --- Thomas Klausner <wiz@netbsd.org> escribió: > On
> Wed, Jul 09, 2003 at 12:11:50AM -0500, César
> > Catrián wrote:
> > > I need help with this:
> > > 
> > > % echo ñ | iconv -f iso-8859-1 -t utf-8
> > > ñ
> > > 
> > > I reinstalled libiconv but I have the same
> > problem.
> > 
> > Could you please explain what the problem is?
> > I don't know what output you expect.
> >  Thomas 
> 
> > I'm sorry, but I fail to see how what really looks
> > like the
> > correct answer can be a problem.
> > 
> > Quentin Garnier. 
> 
> Sorry! I didn't express myself correctly.
> My primary language is spanish. I need the letters
> aeiou with accent and the letter n with a tilde.
> My LC_ALL is set to es_ES.ISO8859-1
> 
> Now, I can't do the conversion to UTF-8 in right
> way.
> 
> % echo ñ (n with tilde) | iconv -f iso-8859-1 -t
> utf-8
>  ñ (A with a tilde and the sign + over a -)
> 
> It fails doing the conversion.
> I discovered this problem using centericq. I can
> write
> those letters ok, but when I send them, they arrive
> wrong way.

I forgot! the right output to iconv would be the
original n with a tilde, and the vocals with accent.



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