tlug: EUC & SJIS (Was: kterm/kinput2 conversion)

[jwb@example.com (Jim Breen)]

On Sep 9,  5:05pm, "Eric S. Standlee" wrote:
} Subject: Re: tlug: kterm/kinput2 conversion
>> I was just wondering, why does it seem that most other OS's use SJIS and
>> NewSJIS, while most Linux users use EUC.  

Well:

- EUC was a simple and elegant system designed by and for the Unix
community (the "U" stood for Unix.) It is capable of supporting extended
sets such as JIS X 0212.

- SJIS was invented by Microsoft. It is incapable of extension.

Need I say more?

>> I run into the problem that when
>> I email to non-Linux users they get mojibake.  Should I switch to SJIS for
>> everything?  

NO. Use ISO-2022-JP. There are still plenty of people out there who either
have 7-bit paths, old software, or melt down when theye receive SJIS.

>> Is there an easy way to handle mass conversion of already
>> existing files?

I use Ken Lunde's jconv utility. Simple. Works. 

Jim

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