Re: [PATCH] UTF-8ifying the kernel source
From: Meelis Roos
Date: Thu Mar 04 2004 - 05:21:22 EST
DE> Here you find the first of several patches to convert the kernel
DE> source from ISO Latin-1 to UTF-8. I'm working on the files that didn't
DE> auto-convert easily; comments welcome ;-)
Why? It's just easier to use plain 8-bit text files today (with editors,
code tools etc) and accept the limitations of it that to overcome the
limitations by forcing people to UTF-8 editors & other tools.
I am not a kernel developer but this seems a bad idea to me.
--
Meelis Roos
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