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

2015-12-02 Thread Kinney, Michael D
y, Michael D ; edk2-devel@lists.01.org; > Kinney, Michael D > Cc: Carsey, Jaben ; Gao, Liming > Subject: RE: [edk2] [PATCH 1/3] BaseTools/Scripts: Add ConvertUtf16ToUtf8.py > script > > On 2015-12-02 15:30:42, Kinney, Michael D wrote: > > Jordan, > > > > Do the

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

2015-12-02 Thread Jordan Justen
- > > From: edk2-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 ; Justen, Jordan L > > ; Gao, Liming > > Subject: [edk2] [P

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

2015-12-02 Thread Kinney, Michael D
age- > From: edk2-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 ; Justen, Jordan L > ; Gao, Liming > Subject: [edk2] [PATCH 1/3] BaseTools/Scripts

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

2015-12-02 Thread Carsey, Jaben
ing > Subject: [edk2] [PATCH 1/3] BaseTools/Scripts: Add ConvertUtf16ToUtf8.py > script > Importance: High > > 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 > * Mor

[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 Cc: Jaben Carsey Contributed-under: Tian