From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Dec 19 05:51:29 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id FAA22834 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 19 Dec 1996 05:51:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from nic.follonett.no (nic.follonett.no [194.198.43.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id FAA22829 for ; Thu, 19 Dec 1996 05:51:26 -0800 (PST) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by nic.follonett.no (8.8.3/8.8.3) with UUCP id OAA05000; Thu, 19 Dec 1996 14:50:20 +0100 (MET) Received: from oo7 (oo7.dimaga.com [192.0.0.65]) by dimaga.com (8.7.5/8.7.2) with SMTP id OAA23734; Thu, 19 Dec 1996 14:51:15 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: <3.0.32.19961219145037.009b7b70@dimaga.com> X-Sender: eivind@dimaga.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 14:50:41 +0100 To: David Nugent From: Eivind Eklund Subject: Re: 8-bit characters in gecos field Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by freefall.freebsd.org id FAA22830 Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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.