I will let the implementation team figure it out. You make excellent points - can you add them as comments to the Idea?
On Sat, Dec 21, 2024 at 1:06 PM Paul Gilmartin <0000042bfe9c879d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > On Sat, 21 Dec 2024 12:20:25 -0600, Lionel B Dyck wrote: > >------------------------- > > > >All shell and utilities must respect the code page tag on all files. > > > "All"? some utilities are by design wisely exempt from autoconversion. > These include od, cksum, iconv, and others. > > would it rely on autoconversion? Would it be limited to ISO8859-1 > and IBM-1047? > > What about UTF-8, which abounds on desktops and web pages? > > Would it be affected by locale settings? On my desktop I see, e.g.: > 504 $ echo aπz | sed -E 's/(.)(.)(.)/1 \1 2 \2 3 \3 /' > 1 a 2 π 3 z > 505 $ > 505 $ echo aπz | LC_CTYPE=en_US.ISO8859-1 sed -E 's/(.)(.)(.)/1 \1 2 \2 3 > \3 /' > 1 a 2 ? 3 ? z > 506 $ > > -- > gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Lionel B. Dyck <>< Website:https://github.com/lbdyck "Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is what you are, reputation merely what others think you are." - John Wooden ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
