Re: [bug-gnu-libiconv] EBCDIC support

[Bruno Haible]

Calvin Buckley wrote:
> > EBCDIC is supported in this fork of gnu libiconv by Calvin Buckley.
> > In some form it would be good to merge as a contribution to the main
> > tree.
> > https://github.com/NattyNarwhal/libiconv-ebcdic/
> > 
> 
> The fork is based on Ulrich Schwab's (which seems to have been
> removed?)

Ulrich Schwab's fork is here: [1]

> One of the big annoyances about it is it's not comprehensive with
> supported EBCDIC codepages, but most are basically equivalent (i.e.
> 1140 is basically the same as 37 for the purposes of most users).

Indeed, z/OS also has locales with IBM-037 encoding. [2]

Bruno

[1] https://github.com/limes-datentechnik-gmbh/libiconv
[2] https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.5.0?topic=cc-compiled-locales