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Re: [PATCH 0/2] Improve documentation on UTF-16

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brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Date
Dec 29, 2018, 23:17 UTC
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On Fri, Dec 28, 2018 at 09:46:18AM +0100, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
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> On Thu, Dec 27 2018, brian m. carlson wrote:
> 
> > We've recently fielded several reports from unhappy Windows users about
> > our handling of UTF-16, UTF-16LE, and UTF-16BE, none of which seem to be
> > suitable for certain Windows programs.
> 
> Just for context, is "we" here $DAYJOB or a reference to some previous
> ML thread(s) on this list, or something else?

"We" in this case is the Git list. I think the list has seen at least three threads in recent months.

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Message 12 of 12 in “Improve documentation on UTF-16”
  1. 0/2 Improve documentation on UTF-16brian m. carlson, Dec 27, 2018
  2. 1/2 Documentation: document UTF-16-related behaviorbrian m. carlson, Dec 27, 2018
  3. 2/2 utf8: add comment explaining why BOMs are rejectedbrian m. carlson, Dec 27, 2018
  4. Johannes SixtDec 27, 2018
  5. brian m. carlsonDec 27, 2018
  6. Johannes SixtDec 27, 2018
  7. brian m. carlsonDec 27, 2018
  8. Johannes SixtDec 28, 2018
  9. Philip OakleyDec 28, 2018
  10. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonDec 28, 2018
  11. Philip OakleyDec 28, 2018
  12. brian m. carlsonDec 29, 2018

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