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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: Need for more ISO8859 codepages?
Date: 1 Feb 2001 09:39:05 -0800
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By author:    "Rhys Jones" <linux-kernel@postwales.com>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> Hello,
> 
> Please forgive a semi-newbie post.
> 
> About 18 months ago I patched fs/nls/ to include support for the
> Celtic character set, ISO8859-14. I notice that there are still gaps
> in nls, specifically in ISO8859 codepages 10 to 13.
> 
> The missing codepages are for Nordic/Icelandic (ISO8859-10), Thai
> (ISO8859-11), and Baltic Rim (ISO8859-13) languages. I'm still trying
> to determine the status of ISO8859-12 at the moment.
> 
> Two questions, really. The general one is whether anyone would find
> these codepages useful. If they would, I'm willing to provide the
> patches in due course. More specifically, can anyone tell me why
> ISO8859-10 (Icelandic etc.) is mentioned in Documentation/Configure.help
> whilst nls_iso8859-10.c is missing from the fs/nls directory?
> 

Having them around can never be a bad thing.

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