GNU bug report logs - #7100
24.0.50; Emacs for MS Windows cannot handle Unicode file name

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Packages: w32, emacs;

Reported by: =5ddd=5e61 =592a=4e00 <kawabata.taichi <at> gmail.com>( Taichi KAWABATA )

Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 12:22:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Merged with 12807, 15236

Found in versions 24.0.50, 24.2, 24.3.50

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: =5ddd=5e61 =592a=4e00 <kawabata.taichi <at> gmail.com> ( Taichi KAWABATA	)
Cc: 7100 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#7100: 24.0.50; Emacs for MS Windows cannot handle Unicode file name
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 15:25:07 +0200

> From: =5ddd=5e61 =592a=4e00 <kawabata.taichi <at> gmail.com>( Taichi KAWABATA )
> Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 16:25:07 +0900
> Cc: 
> 
> As MS Windows Emacs only uses fopen(), readdir(), etc., for handling
> file names, Emacs can not handle Unicode file names.  If Windows uses
> CP1252, only file names with CP1252 characters can be properly displayed
> with Emacs.  (In dired, Unicode file names will be displayed as
> undecipherable file name that contains tilde characters.)

This is currently a missing feature in the Windows build of Emacs.
Patches are most welcome.
This bug report was last modified 11 years and 165 days ago.

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