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

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From: Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.org>
To: Laimonas Vėbra <laimonas.vebra <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 6705 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6705: w32 cmdproxy.c pass args to cygwin;
	erroneous charset conversion (problem description,
	solution/suggestion)
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:33:21 +0800

Laimonas Vėbra <laimonas.vebra <at> gmail.com> writes:

> This problem certainly needs some discussion (how best to solve it) because it addresses unicode communication aspects/issues. If some won't bother reading all the description, then here is a simple question -- 
> how do one can/should (clearly) pass utf-8 arguments to an external
> (cygwin) app on windows? I suppose, now it's not possible.

Don't use cmdproxy with Cygwin programs. If you need a shell in between,
use Cygwin bash.  cmdproxy is a wrapper to get around some problems with
various versions of the Windows native cmd.exe and command.com shell
programs.  Mixing Cygwin and native Windows is not advised.

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