Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:44:40 -0800 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Daniel Leal <dleal@webvolution.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: accents in file names Message-ID: <9BDCF06E-713F-4627-B8E6-8D15D5F3F120@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <499498A4.4000103@webvolution.net> References: <499498A4.4000103@webvolution.net>
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On Feb 12, 2009, at 1:46 PM, Daniel Leal wrote: > is there a way to have a freebsd system with file names with =20 > accented words. Like "fil=E9.txt" instead of "file.txt". Now if I copy = =20 > a file with an accented letter to my freebsd box, the accented =20 > letter simply disappear. UFS supports 8-bit characters except for "/" and "\0", but you also =20 need to run a terminal with UTF8 support and use a correct font to =20 view such things. Perhaps this might give you some insight: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/unicode.html Note that other file systems have more comprehensive Unicode support: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_systems#Limits Perhaps I'm biased, but I've long been of the opinion that the Mac =20 platform with HFS+ has very good internationalization support. Regards, --=20 -Chuck
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