Re: Cygwin util replacing win-util for UCS-2 -> UTF-8; utf8 support (redux)

[Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please at cygwin dot com>]

On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 02:58:15PM -0800, Brian Dessent wrote:
>Linda Walsh wrote:
>>Right now, to convert an NT text file in UCS-2 format, in bash, I use:
>>
>>mode.com codepage select=65001 reg export hklm\\software hklm-sw.reg5
>>cmd /c type hklm-sw.reg5 > hklm-sw-utf8.txt
>
>Yuck.  Why don't you just use iconv instead?
>
>>What ever happened to the UTF-8 compatibility layer that someone wrote
>>a patch for a while back?  I don't recall seeing the issue discussed on
>>the list.  I heard mention that it might have been on another list, but
>>it seems as a cygwin issue, it might have gotten more people interested
>>in the discussion had it been discussed here.
>
><http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-patches/2006-q3/msg00014.html>

And, it has been mentioned here at least twice.  This is the most recent
case:

http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2006-10/msg01071.html

cgf

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