GNU bug report logs - #12693
[cygwin] Setting fonts with non-ascii names throws error

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Kazuhiro Ito <kzhr <at> d1.dion.ne.jp>

Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2012 21:49:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.2.50

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.org>
Cc: kzhr <at> d1.dion.ne.jp, 12693 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12693: 24.2.50; src/w32font.c should depend on ANSI code page
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:12:42 +0200

> From: Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.org>
> Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 19:52:30 +0800
> Cc: 12693 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> [locale-coding-system] is supposed to be set to the coding system that
> system calls will accept, which on Windows cannot be utf-8 (maybe on
> recent versions it can be, but when I tried on Windows XP, it caused all
> manner of problems).

No, UTF-8 still cannot be used on Windows, AFAIK.
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