Sigh.

For the record, the Samba change I needed was:

[global]
	character set = ISO8859-1
	client code page = 850

+j

On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 10:30:50AM -0800, Jeff Rizzo wrote:
> OK, I suppose this isn't *exactly* a netbsd question, though it's definitely
> related.  Or perhaps part of my NetBSD setup is wrong, which is why
> I get the results I do.
> 
> Can anyone tell me what the difference between how NetBSD(ffs) and
> Samba encodes non-ascii characters is?  There does seem
> to be a difference, and it makes it impossible to use .m3u playlists
> written via Samba under XMMS if the artist's name or any of the song
> titles have non-ascii characters in them, such as "Röyksopp"
> or "Télépopmusik".  
> 
> Being an American with only modest abilities in other languages, I've
> never learned how to properly set up locales, or what the differences
> in systems to represent non-ascii chars are;  I had to cut-and-paste
> the examples above.  :)
> 
> Further examination shows that the o-umlaut (sorry, don't know how
> to type it on this kbd, and my "vi" doesn't support it anyway) above
> is represented as 0xF6 in the .m3u file, but when Samba (from Windows,
> natch) writes it, it's represented as 0xE0.  The e'  (Sorry, again)
> is represented in the text file as 0xE9, and in the directory listing
> as 0xCA.
> 
> Any suggestions as to where I can look to begin to address this?
> 
> Thanks,
> +j
> 
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> Jeff Rizzo                                         http://boogers.sf.ca.us/~riz

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Jeff Rizzo                                         http://boogers.sf.ca.us/~riz