Possibly OT. Could someone please suggest where I can read up on the semantics of locale support and wide characters? TIA, -- David A. Cobb, Software Engineer, Public Access Advocate, All around nice guy. Get my PGP key at :<http://pgpkeys.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=superbiskit> Fingerprint=0x{6E3E_DB8C_2E8C_4248_62B2_FE29_08EE_CF0A_3629_E954} :<http://wwwkeys.pgp.net:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=superbiskit&fingerprint=on> "By God's Grace I am a Christian man, by my actions a great sinner." --The Way of a Pilgrim, R. M. French [tr.] Potentially Viral Software is any software for which you are not allowed to examine the source. Do not buy or use Potentially Viral Software! -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/