===Re:=== If Microsoft fixed the problem with UTF-8 support in C runtime, it is a really good news, because setlocale did not work not so long time ago: ===end=== They totally replaced it with one written by P.J.Plauger. I'm not sure when, but I would guess around VC++7.1, which was a "sea change" and felt more like a different brand than a simple update. That's when templates started following the standard. Re: http://blogs.msdn.com/michkap/archive/2006/03/13/550191.aspx Interesting. So it sort-of worked, as per my overlong muse as I looked at the source code, but they started explicitly preventing it because it doesn't always work for everything. // verify codepage validity if (!iCodePage || iCodePage == CP_UTF7 || iCodePage == CP_UTF8 || !IsValidCodePage((WORD)iCodePage)) return FALSE; ===Re:=== As to Win32 API, it has always worked correctly with UTF-8... In fact, the documentation of GetOEMCP function goes as far as recommending to use UTF-8 or UTF-16: "For the most consistent results, applications should use Unicode, such as UTF-8 or UTF-16, instead of a specific code page. ===end=== I remember a time when it did not. I don't recall if it was NT (as opposed to consumer windows) or some version of NT beyond 3.5 (starting in 4?) that it became available. But I had to supply code with the program because it could not count on it. ===Re:=== So it would be great if Git supported UTF-8 on Windows (as an option), but it is not my itch right now.... ===end=== someone else mentioned "most people use ASCII file names", and I would take that to be true only if "most people" == "developers". If you look at my wife's "explorer" view, it's all Chinese. Files are downloaded with Asian file names. Most people =in= China are used to seemless support within Windows. It's only with Chinese MUI on English Windows that the "ANSI" stuff doesn't match and programs that use 8-bit API calls suddenly croak as they see "?????" for input. --John TradeStation Group, Inc. is a publicly-traded holding company (NASDAQ GS: TRAD) of three operating subsidiaries, TradeStation Securities, Inc. (Member NYSE, FINRA, SIPC and NFA), TradeStation Technologies, Inc., a trading software and subscription company, and TradeStation Europe Limited, a United Kingdom, FSA-authorized introducing brokerage firm. None of these companies provides trading or investment advice, recommendations or endorsements of any kind. The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
