[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       sylpheed
Subject:    [sylpheed:16329] Re: Why libjconv?
From:       Hiroyuki Yamamoto <hiro-y () kcn ! ne ! jp>
Date:       2002-09-30 6:19:42
[Download RAW message or body]

Hello,

On Mon, 30 Sep 2002 01:56:25 +0200
Christopher Culver <christopher_culver@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Why does Sylpheed use libjconv? While a nice library, it comes in
> binary form for only a few distributions, forcing the user to
> dangerously install a binary from another distribution (Kondara's
> source page for libjconv no longer exists). Why can't iconv be used
> instead? Or does iconv not have Asian script support?

Libjconv is just an wrapper of iconv().
Sylpheed currently uses it because I've got a patch from a developer
of Kondara.

Transition to iconv is already planned, and it will be done before 1.0.

-- 
Hiroyuki Yamamoto <yamamoto@good-day.co.jp>
http://www.good-day.co.jp/    (Good-Day)
http://www.good-day.net/      (Good-Day.NET)
http://sylpheed.good-day.net/ (Sylpheed)
[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]