Re: [edk2] [PATCH 1/3] BaseTools/Scripts: Add ConvertUtf16ToUtf8.py script

2015-12-02 Thread Carsey, Jaben
n.car...@intel.com>; Justen, Jordan L > <jordan.l.jus...@intel.com>; Gao, Liming <liming....@intel.com> > Subject: [edk2] [PATCH 1/3] BaseTools/Scripts: Add ConvertUtf16ToUtf8.py > script > Importance: High > > This script uses python codecs to convert .uni strin

[edk2] [PATCH 1/3] BaseTools/Scripts: Add ConvertUtf16ToUtf8.py script

2015-12-02 Thread Jordan Justen
This script uses python codecs to convert .uni string files from utf-16 to utf-8. The advantages of utf-8 data: * Generally smaller files * More commonly supported by editors * Not treated as binary data in patch files Cc: Yonghong Zhu Cc: Liming Gao

Re: [edk2] [PATCH 1/3] BaseTools/Scripts: Add ConvertUtf16ToUtf8.py script

2015-12-02 Thread Jordan Justen
devel [mailto:edk2-devel-boun...@lists.01.org] On Behalf Of > > Jordan Justen > > Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2015 2:17 PM > > To: edk2-devel@lists.01.org > > Cc: Carsey, Jaben <jaben.car...@intel.com>; Justen, Jordan L > > <jordan.l.jus...@intel.com>; Gao, Limin

Re: [edk2] [PATCH 1/3] BaseTools/Scripts: Add ConvertUtf16ToUtf8.py script

2015-12-02 Thread Kinney, Michael D
Gao, Liming <liming@intel.com> > Subject: [edk2] [PATCH 1/3] BaseTools/Scripts: Add ConvertUtf16ToUtf8.py > script > > This script uses python codecs to convert .uni string files from > utf-16 to utf-8. > > The advantages of utf-8 data: > * Generally smaller

Re: [edk2] [PATCH 1/3] BaseTools/Scripts: Add ConvertUtf16ToUtf8.py script

2015-12-02 Thread Kinney, Michael D
y, Michael D <michael.d.kin...@intel.com>; edk2-devel@lists.01.org; > Kinney, Michael D <michael.d.kin...@intel.com> > Cc: Carsey, Jaben <jaben.car...@intel.com>; Gao, Liming <liming@intel.com> > Subject: RE: [edk2] [PATCH 1/3] BaseTools/Scripts: Add ConvertUtf1