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RobK

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Registered: 2005-12-07

Posts: 121

What is utf-8?

I have read the wiki on locale naming.
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Locale_Naming

I would like to change my locale in rc.conf from en-US to the locale for my country.  But I see two options -- en-CA and en-CA.UTF-8

What is UTF-8?  Are there any advantages of UTF-8?

Rob

scarecrow

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From: Greece

Registered: 2004-11-18

Posts: 715

Re: What is utf-8?

UTF-8 is for full unicode support. Use it, even if you don't think you need it in the first place.

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Re: What is utf-8?

Use The Force..
ummm... 8

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/unicode.html#utf-8

and.. more than you ever wanted to know about utf-8
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3629.txt

rfc! bling bling

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Moo-Crumpus

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From: Hessen / Germany

Registered: 2003-12-01

Posts: 1,488

Re: What is utf-8?

ouch. Linking to rfc is a kind slap ...

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