Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 14:50:41 +0100 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@dimaga.com> To: David Nugent <davidn@freefall.freebsd.org> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 8-bit characters in gecos field Message-ID: <3.0.32.19961219145037.009b7b70@dimaga.com>
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At 03:41 PM 12/19/96 +1100, you wrote: >> > I've been entertaining the idea of having pw(8) allow 8-bit >> > characters in the passwd GECOS field. It was suggested earlier > >> >> There is no break as I see, but no sense too, because it is >> unclear what character set you use for names. I.e. when finger >> sends you some 8bit codes like this: Андрей >> Чернов, what do you do with them? > >By the same token, what do you do with these characters in >a .plan or .project file? > >Finger, however, is easy to fix, by sending quoted printable >with =?char-set rather than 8-bit characrters. The character >set indicator should reflect the default language applicable >for the user class. If somebody is going to implement this, PLEASE do not use quot=65ed=65d unr=65adable as actual encoding; use 8-bit, and if you really feel it nescessary, use quoted unreadable to indicate character set. This will not work, but it will do less damage. :) (No american should come here and tell me to transfer my .plan or .project as 7-bit encoded until he has had his own .plan transferred with MIME-escapes used for all vowels for at least 6 months.) -- Eivind Eklund gopher://nic.follonett.no:79/0eivind Work: eivind@dimaga.com http://www.dimaga.com/ Home: perhaps@yes.no http://maybes.yes.no/perhaps/ All of the above is a product of either your or my imagination, and not official.
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