Subject: Re: CVS commit: basesrc
To: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
From: Soren S. Jorvang <soren@wheel.dk>
List: source-changes
Date: 12/07/1999 23:34:22
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