On Jan 06, Jochen Voss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Because a lot of programs is affected, it would gain us much, if we >could move this as deep as into libc or even into the kernel. I >remember there are some questions about character sets in the kernel >configuration. Are there file-systems with in-kernel character set >conversion? Do not even dare suggesting this. Changing libc would probably break POSIX compatibility, changing the kernel is a bad idea which would get nothing else than flames from kernel developers. Programs have to be fixed: file systems are just another kind of input/output and should be assumed to follow LC_CTYPE. The right approach (even if the default configuration is inappropriate) is the one of GNOME: high level libraries hide file names charset conversion from users and programmers.
-- ciao, Marco
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