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Re: [PATCH v2] gitweb: apply fallback encoding before highlight

From
Shin Kojima <shin@kojima.org>
Date
May 5, 2016, 10:22 UTC
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<20160505102203.GA53576@skmba.local>
In-Reply-To
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> Oh, don't get me wrong. I do think what the patch does is very
> sensible and have no intention of rejecting it.

I'm sorry for making you worry, my poor English had caused some misunderstanding. I raised this Shift_JIS related problem (a.k.a "ダメ文字" in Japanese) might attract your interest knowingly.

I would like to hear frank opinions from engineers who have high abilities like you. ;)

> As I said, the question was "Just out of curiosity", since it's been
> so long since I was in any part of software work done in Japan.

Having said that, many people in Japan are still suffering from these character encoding barriers. This was a huge shock for me, since I was studying information science in China as a Japanese foreign student.

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  1. gitweb: apply fallback encoding before highlightShin Kojima, Apr 20, 2016
  2. Junio C HamanoMay 2, 2016
  3. Jakub NarębskiMay 2, 2016
  4. gitweb: apply fallback encoding before highlightShin Kojima, May 3, 2016
  5. Junio C HamanoMay 3, 2016
  6. Shin KojimaMay 4, 2016
  7. Junio C HamanoMay 4, 2016
  8. Shin KojimaMay 5, 2016

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