Re: Standalone 'info' should recode into display's encoding

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2014 18:51:43 -0800
> From: Paul Eggert <address@hidden>
> CC: address@hidden, address@hidden
> 
> >> But the fix is simple and readily available: use a UTF-8 locale.
> >
> > It is not readily available (the UTF-8 locale might not be installed),
> 
> This objection had force decades ago, when this situation was common.
> But it's uncommon now.  All standard distributions come with
> UTF-8 locales and support for UTF-8 encoding.

I see no data to back that up.

> >> It's readable.
> >
> > No, it's not.  Let me show it again,
> 
> It's readable, in the sense that it doesn't significantly
> affect the reader's ability to understand the presented
> material.  The mojibake *is* really ugly, admittedly.

Your judgment seems evidently to be clouded in this matter, but I will
let others make up their minds regarding the readability.