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On Wed Dec 26 19:29:48 2001 +0000 Markus Kuhn wrote:

>Tomohiro KUBOTA wrote on 2001-12-24 10:30 UTC:
>> It is true that softwares should use nl_langinfo(CODESET) as far as
>> possible than looking at the environment variables.  However, there 
>> are platforms which don't support nl_langinfo() such as FreeBSD.
>
>Yes, we have heard that repeated many times now. You make far too much
>fuzz about trivialities!
>
>Simply ship your software with a little nl_langinfo() emulation that
>fixes that problem until the FreeBSD people get they act together and
>finally implement it. It can't take that much longer any more.
>
>Hacking an acceptable nl_langinfo(CODESET) emulator shouldn't take much
>longer then 12 minutes
>
>... 11.487 minutes later ...
>
>You'll now find one tested and ready for use on
>
>  http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ucs/langinfo.c
>  http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ucs/langinfo.h
>

        It may work for FreeBSD where nl_langinfo appeared together with 
nl_langinfo(CODESET) but I doubt it will stick well with NetBSD where nl_langinfo() 
was without CODESET AFAIK.  BTW it lacks koi8- tests.

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