[openbeos] Re: suggestions: iconv.h, libiconv, and iconv

  • From: "Andrew Bachmann" <shatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2003 19:51:36 -0700 PDT

On Sat, 02 Aug 2003 03:25:48 +0200 CEST "Axel Dörfler" 
<axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Anyway, the iconv stuff that comes with glibc seems to be much more 
> compact than what's in libiconv. Makes me wonder if some charsets are 
> missing in the glibc version.
> 
> Adios...
>    Axel.

Here's my knowledge on this issue:  I had to compile libiconv with the
--extra-encodings flag to get all the encodings that R5 supports.  (This
just added IBM437, a.k.a. MS_DOS_CONVERSION)  Apparently
older glibc were quite inferior to libiconv, but newer ones are better
than older ones. (comparable?)  And just for kicks, check this,
apparently the glibc version does *not* use const. LOL

Andrew


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