Version 0.09 of the Iconv module is now available for download. This is a recommended update for all users - new builds of NetSurf will require it.

New in this version:

  * Introduce *Iconv command which performs command line conversion.
  * Add support for ISO-8859-16 (Latin 10)

Fixed in this version:

  * Fixes/improvements to the handlers for:
      + US-ASCII
      + UTF-8
      + ISO-8859-7
      + ISO-8859-8
      + ISO-8859-11
      + Windows-1256
      + MacRoman
      + JIS X 0208
      + JIS X 0212
      + KS X 1001
      + EUC-JP
      + Any ISO-2022 based charset that uses a 94x94 table in GR
      + Johab
      + ShiftJIS
  * Significantly improve detection and reporting of error conditions
  * Fixes for compiling with GCC4.

Changed in this version:

  * Restructured source tree into cross-platform and RO-specific parts.
  * New build system to go with this.

About Iconv
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Iconv is a module providing character set conversion facilities for third-party applications. It is currently used by a number of applications, most notably NetSurf. UnixLib's iconv support also requires this module.

Updating from earlier versions
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If updating from earlier versions, please perform _both_ a !Boot and !System merge with the contents of the Iconv distribution archive as documented in the Installation section of the ReadMe file.

Where to get it
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Iconv may be downloaded from http://www.netsurf-browser.org/projects/iconv/

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