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From: Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>, guile-user@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Filename encoding
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 10:36:57 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87d2jsq6p2.fsf@netris.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83ha9437al.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Thu, 16 Jan 2014 06:00:18 +0200")

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> Windows stores file names on disk encoded in UTF-16, but converts them
> to the current codepage if you use Posix-style interfaces like 'open'
> and 'rename'.  (There are parallel APIs that accept UTF-16 encoded
> file names.)

Okay, so on Windows we should use the parallel APIs that accept UTF-16,
thus (apparently) completely avoiding the issue on that platform.

      Mark



      parent reply	other threads:[~2014-01-16 15:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-01-15 12:52 Filename encoding Chris Vine
2014-01-15 18:14 ` Mark H Weaver
2014-01-15 19:02   ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-01-15 21:34     ` Mark H Weaver
2014-01-16  3:46       ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-01-15 19:50   ` Chris Vine
2014-01-15 21:00     ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-01-15 21:42       ` Chris Vine
2014-01-16  3:52         ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-01-15 21:47     ` Mark H Weaver
2014-01-15 22:32       ` Chris Vine
2014-01-16  3:55       ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-01-15 23:29     ` Ludovic Courtès
2014-01-16  4:00       ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-01-16 13:03         ` Ludovic Courtès
2014-01-16 14:07           ` John Darrington
2014-01-16 16:12             ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-01-16 16:09           ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-01-16 15:36         ` Mark H Weaver [this message]

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