Re: a2ps encodings
Reuben Thomas <[email protected]> Tue, 28 Mar 2023 17:38:55 +0100
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--000000000000820c7e05f7f87fe2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" 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! -- https://rrt.sc3d.org --000000000000820c7e05f7f87fe2 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <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 <<a href=3D"mailto:ho= [email protected]">[email protected]</a>> 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> <br> Most Linux distributions have switched to UTF-8 encoding for quite a <br> long time.<br> <br> a2ps --list=3Dencodings still shows only 8-bit encodings and doesn't <b= r> support the standard encodings on these systems.<br> <br> Don't you think this should be updated?<br></blockquote><div><br></div>= <div><div style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small" = class=3D"gmail_default">Yes. It's tricky for a2ps in its current form, = as PostScript itself doesn'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>= <br></div></div><span class=3D"gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div d= ir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"= ><a href=3D"https://rrt.sc3d.org" target=3D"_blank">https://rrt.sc3d.org</a= ></div></div></div></div></div> --000000000000820c7e05f7f87fe2--