Re: Inconsistent Conversion Names

On Thu, 19 Sep 2002, Peter Eisentraut wrote:

> Tatsuo Ishii writes:
>
> > The conversion named "SJIS" is different from IANA's "shift_jis". It
> > actually matches "Windows-31J" in IANA, which is too ugly to being
> > emploied as our conversion name, IMO.
>
> OK
>
> > I agree with win1250 -> windows_1250, win1251 -> windows_1251, but do
> > not agree with renaming win866. There's no windows_866 in IANA. Maybe
> > that should be "ibm866"?
>
> Is it ibm866 or are you wondering yourself?

it's a total mess. I know CP866, CP-866,IBM866,IBM_866
IANA isn't a standard but a recommendation.
glibc uses name mangling, so KOI8-R -> koi8r

>
> > Someone said that the conversion table is actually koi8r + koi8u,
> > being different from IANA's koi8_r. Not sure though.
>
> I found mention in the archives by Oleg B. that it is in fact koi8_r.
>

on my system (linux) I have ru_RU.KOI8-R locale.

>

Regards,
Oleg
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