Re: a2ps encodings

Reuben Thomas <[email protected]> Tue, 28 Mar 2023 17:38:55 +0100
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On Tue, 28 Mar 2023 at 17:36, Holger Jakobs <[email protected]> wrote:

> Dear friends,
>
> Most Linux distributions have switched to UTF-8 encoding for quite a
> long time.
>
> a2ps --list=encodings still shows only 8-bit encodings and doesn't
> support the standard encodings on these systems.
>
> Don't you think this should be updated?
>

Yes. It's tricky for a2ps in its current form, as PostScript itself doesn't
support UTF-8.

However, this is very much on my radar!

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail=
_attr">On Tue, 28 Mar 2023 at 17:36, Holger Jakobs &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:ho=
[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote clas=
s=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid r=
gb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Dear friends,<br>
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long time.<br>
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support the standard encodings on these systems.<br>
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<div><div style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small" =
class=3D"gmail_default">Yes. It&#39;s tricky for a2ps in its current form, =
as PostScript itself doesn&#39;t support UTF-8.</div><div style=3D"font-fam=
ily:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small" class=3D"gmail_default"><br=
></div><div style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small=
" class=3D"gmail_default">However, this is very much on my radar!<br></div>=
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ir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"=
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