GNU bug report logs - #6705
w32 cmdproxy.c pass args to cygwin; erroneous charset conversion (problem description, solution/suggestion)

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Laimonas Vėbra <laimonas.vebra <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:32:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo

Merged with 6546

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #25 received at 6705 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
Cc: laimonas.vebra <at> gmail.com, 6705 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6705: w32 cmdproxy.c pass args to cygwin;
	erroneous charset	conversion (problem description,
	solution/suggestion)
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:26:00 +0300

> From: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:56:33 +0200
> Cc: Laimonas Vėbra <laimonas.vebra <at> gmail.com>, 6705 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 21:50, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:
> 
> > The Windows build of Emacs doesn't yet use the UTF-16 APIs.  Doing
> > that is a large job; volunteers are welcome, of course.
> 
> What do you mean, using the W versions of API functions? That would be
> incompatible with 16-bit Windows (or, at least, as compatible as the
> Microsoft Layer for Unicode allows, and I wouldn't like to bet on it).
> Or are you talking about abandoning 16-bit Windows compatibility?

Neither.  I'm talking about using the W APIs on versions of Windows
that support them, and A APIs elsewhere, including on Windows 9X.

That's why I said this is a non-trivial job.
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