From: Kenneth Whistler (kenw@sybase.com)
Date: Fri Mar 04 2005 - 13:20:01 CST
Addison Phillips asked:
> Just out of curiosity, why *don't* all the UCD files use UTF-8?
Because NamesList.txt is generated by tools that depend
on 8859-1 (as a subset of Windows CP1252) and is further
manipulated as input by the unibook program, which operates in
CP1252 and not in UTF-8.
The whole file could be run through a conversion filter, of
course, and be posted in a UTF-8 version, but it isn't clear
at the moment whether that would end up helping more people
or hurting them.
--Ken
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