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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Re: Does source files need to be ASCII-7bit only?
From:       Stephan Kulow <coolo () kde ! org>
Date:       2006-01-30 13:54:15
Message-ID: 200601301454.16983.coolo () kde ! org
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Am Montag, 30. Januar 2006 14:25 schrieb Albert Astals Cid:
> A Dilluns 30 Gener 2006 08:00, Stephan Kulow va escriure:
> > On Monday, 30. January 2006 07:37, Funda Wang wrote:
> > > So, would it be a bug of klocale, that prevent items being translated
> > > properly if msgid contains non-ASCII characters? Or, the developers
> > > should follow the rules that non-ASCII characters should not be used
> > > even if they are UTF-8 validated?
> >
> > No, that would be a bug then. UTF-8 should be fine
>
> You surely don't remeber this thread
> http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-core-devel&m=112059583414832&w=2
>
> IIRC The conclusion was that all people that don't use the patched and
> special kde gettext will have problems when UTF8 chars are present.
>
Hmm, I was not aware of this problem - I guess because I was on honeymoon when 
it was discussed :)

But it's still a bug - kdelibs/ is not compatible with today's gettext. What a 
bummer.

Greetings, Stephan
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