Re: generating Info encoded in UTF-8 only

On Fri, Aug 14, 2026 at 10:11:46AM +0200, Patrice Dumas wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I propose to generate Info encoded in UTF-8 only from texi2any.  This
> has two advantages
> * simplify the implementation in C (in Perl still need to encode/decode)
> * non-ASCII cross-references between manuals are correct in Info reader
> 
> I do not see any disadvantage.

I would be happy with this change.  In my experience working on character
encoding issues can be very time-consuming.  There's a clear reason for
the change (simplify the C implementation).  UTF-8 Info files are likely
to work anywhere that it matters - the stand-alone Info reader even does
some degree of recoding in non-UTF-8 locales.


> 
> For the plaintext output, it could be simpler if we did the same, but
> encoding the output would probably be easy if we make the change for
> Info first.
> 
> -- 
> Pat
>