[openbeosstorage] Re: Progress Update

  • From: Tyler Dauwalder <tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: openbeosstorage@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 22:55:05 -0800

> > > > Nice!
> > > > Just a short question, now that I you've done all the hard work:
> > > > will
> > > > the ISO-9660 fs module recognize the Joliet volume name as 
> > > > well=3F
> > > > :-)
> > Not currently. It's not difficult to find the Joliet volume name, 
> > but
> > it has to be converted from Unicode to something useful. Is there a
> > handy way to do that in the kernel, yet=3F If not, do you suppose 
> > that
> > might be something worth adding=3F I have to admit that non-ASCII
> > encodings are a bit foreign to me, being a pampered English-only
> > speaker.
> 
> Joliet uses unicode, while RockRidge/BeOS uses UTF-8 encoding.
> From the upcoming locale kit (for use with OpenTracker first):
[snip]
> This will do the trick; if you'd find the time, it would be a very 
> nice
> advantage over the original DS-Add-on. But of course, I could also do
> it, if you don't want to :-)

No, I'd be happy to tackle it. Thanks for the handy function. :-)

-Tyler

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