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Re: CVS commit: basesrc



On Tue, Dec 07, 1999 at 05:22:03PM -0500, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> > > > Modified Files:
> > > >         basesrc/distrib/notes: Makefile.inc
> > > > 
> > > > Log Message:
> > > > Use -Tlatin1 for output.
> > > 
> > > Is that a good idea?
> > 
> > Some characters (e.g. in names :-) were getting lost.
> 
> Yeah, but it totally screws up ordinary formatting characters for
> people who don't have latin 1 displays (including things like the
> dashes at the ends of lines), and screws up even more for people who
> use things like Japanese and similar terminals. International != Latin
> 1.

I see no other differences than bullets and separator dashes, but okay;
I have reverted to the old behaviour for INSTALL.txt.


-- 
Soren



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