On 07-08-2008 19:51:14 +0200, Moritz Barsnick wrote: > Hi Fabian, list, > > On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 23:59:25 +0200, Fabian Groffen wrote: > > * Interix doesn't have btowc, but it does have mbtowc. Linux manpage > > also discourages the use of btowc. > > Same on some obscure version of Solaris - SunOS 5.5.1 to be precise. It > does have wide char support, but doesn't have btowc(), which mutt > (wrongly) assumes. Now, since this is one of very rare cases where this > occurs, I understand that mutt doesn't work around this case. > > Now, if you say it is discouraged to use btowc(), I very much > appreciate you finding another way of doing it.
FWIW: I based my "other way" on what the manpage suggested, and how in other places the same thing is done (within Mutt). > I thought I had previously (last millennium? [*]) posted my patch here > on this list, but I can't find a posting with Google. ;-) I'll do that > post now, though very much obsoleted. What I do in it is to actually > check for a missing btowc, and include a replacement if required. > > Oh well, old code revived. (I still patch all my mutt versions with it, > it's become a tradition.) :) I think your patch would work fine on Interix too. I use my patch without problems on Solaris, Darwin and Linux for a while now. I would just appreciate either of both patches to make it to the mutt sources though. -- Fabian Groffen Gentoo on a different level
