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Re: [idn] UNIX moving to UTF-8
- To: "Eric A. Hall" <ehall@ehsco.com>
- Subject: Re: [idn] UNIX moving to UTF-8
- From: "Carl S. Gutekunst" <csg@eng.sun.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 20:28:59 -0800 (PST)
- Cc: idn@ops.ietf.org
- Delivery-date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 20:30:54 -0800
- Envelope-to: idn-data@psg.com
- Reply-To: "Carl S. Gutekunst" <csg@eng.sun.com>
> - Windows 2000 and CE use Unicode and UTF-8
Again, the native character set of Windows 2000 is UCS-2, not UTF-8. There are
a few applications that partially support UTF-8, notably Internet Explorer and
Outlook Express, but that's only in some places, and only because a developer
made a conscious decision to offer that support. Run-of-the-mill Windows APIs
do not support UTF-8 and will not reliably pass it without damage.
<csg>