On Thu, Sep 27, 2001 at 08:04:50AM +0200, David N. Welton wrote: > > Doesn't solve the problem of the default charset though... > > iso8859-1 covers most people, doesn't it? I mean, as a default. I > admit I don't know a lot about charsets - iso8859-1 is enough for me > to comunicate in Italian and English.
ISO 8859-1 has been the traditional charset of English under Unix. (The alternatives have usually been rough permutations of iso8859-1.) UTF-8 is nice, but too much stuff still spits up over it to make the default. -- David Starner - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pointless website: http://dvdeug.dhis.org When the aliens come, when the deathrays hum, when the bombers bomb, we'll still be freakin' friends. - "Freakin' Friends"
