On 2015-05-04 11:30:10, Andrew Fish wrote: > On May 4, 2015, at 11:06 AM, Jordan Justen <jordan.l.jus...@intel.com> > wrote: > Is there a concern with supporting UTF-8? > > Not from an Mac. As long as VC++ and other Windows based editors are happy > with UTF-8 there should not be an issue. > > It seems like in general UTF-8 is better supported, and requires no > configuration tweaks. > > I think the situation is that UTF-8 has become the most commonly used > format, and therefore it is the most likely format to work well with > tools. > > For EDK II's needs, I can't see a downside to supporting UTF-8, and it > did not require a huge amount of effort. > > Only issue is a rev change to all the *.uni files. I'm just a little > allergic to touching a lot of files, so that is why I pointed out another > way to solve the problem.
I'm not intending to convert all files. I think that it is required to continue to support UTF-16 files. But, if the new format does prove to be a clear improvement, maybe it would make sense to convert all the files in EDK II. So, I guess your concern is valid. :) We could also just wait to convert each file as they are changed for another reason. > If the .gitattributes does not solve the problems people are having I > guess converting to UTF-8 would be OK. I've made similar changes as recommended by Laszlo to .git/info/attributes. It doesn't seem to solve the fact that everyone else produces diffs without the .uni files being present. :) I think that converting to utf-8 would make things work without requiring everyone to add special configuration settings. -Jordan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y _______________________________________________ edk2-devel mailing list edk2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/edk2-devel
