Windows supports unicode in file/dir names since ages ( at least 10 years ). Most recent linux distros also support UTF-8 filenames.
Windows also allows ( I won't says "supports" ;) ) unicode in usernames. Regards, xerces8 -----Original Message----- From: "Antoine Leca" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 15:03:17 +0100 Subject: Re: mbstoupper or utf8toupper > On Saturday, January 1st, 2005 04:10Z Michael B Allen va escriure: > > > > Are these combinations common in usernames or pathnames? > > In pathnames, I guess not common yet: from what I see around, use of ASCII > is still prevalent in pathnames. Things are changing, though. > > In usernames, OTOH, they are quite used. For example, I do not have a very > broad field of comparisons for Turkish or Azeri names, but I seem to remind > that any of them have either i or I in their names... with the associated > problem in one or the other way. > > > Antoine > > > -- > Linux-UTF8: i18n of Linux on all levels > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-utf8/ > -- Linux-UTF8: i18n of Linux on all levels Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-utf8/
