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Re: LYNX-DEV Adding additional characterset support
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Klaus Weide |
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Re: LYNX-DEV Adding additional characterset support |
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Thu, 21 Aug 1997 19:34:39 -0500 (CDT) |
[Replying to an old message]
On Thu, 7 Aug 1997, T.E.Dickey wrote:
> > It's easy to add a new character set for either the development code or
> > fotemods after 1997-06-29, once you have set things up to compile the
> > chartrans code. See the README.* files in the src/chrtrans/ directory,
> > and (in the devel code) the README.chartrans file (that's a bit out
> > of date now, but most things except for the URLs should still apply.)
> >
> > You don't need koi8-r <-> cp866 tables, but rather a Unicode <-> cp866
> > table. I don't have one, but it should be at <ftp://www.unicode.org/>.
> >
> > We already have three Cyrillic charsets, that would be the 4th...
> > For a binary it probably makes sense to take some of the tables out.
> why do the tables have to be compiled-in, anyway?
Because it was easier that way.
They could be made loadable at run time (not that I am volunteering
right now), that would be nice for a few people who would modify or
enhance the tables, but create new headaches. We could discuss the
pros and cons, but do people really want a bunch of new configuration
files to install with lynx?
Klaus
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- LYNX-DEV Adding additional characterset support, Jason F. McBrayer, 1997/08/07
- Re: LYNX-DEV Adding additional characterset support, Klaus Weide, 1997/08/07
- Re: LYNX-DEV Adding additional characterset support, Jason F. McBrayer, 1997/08/07
- Re: LYNX-DEV Adding additional characterset support, T.E.Dickey, 1997/08/20
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- Re: LYNX-DEV lynx-386 & file: relative links !, David Woolley, 1997/08/23
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