[Gtktalog-devel]Re: Re[2]: gtktalog locale wishlist-bug

[Yves Mettier]

> On Sun, 16 Mar 2003 20:21:16 +0100 (CET)
> "Yves Mettier" <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>>
>> > Hi !
>> >
>> > On Thu, 13 Mar 2003 11:33:14 +0100 (CET)
>> > "Yves Mettier" <address@hidden> wrote:
>> >
>> > made on windows and for windows only. Certainly, it uses 'cp1251' 
>> > codepage, the
>> one and only russian codepage developed for M$
>> > Windows. Linux/unices usually use KOI8-R codepage that is
>> > traditional, and, in fact, better. When mounting cdrom,
>> > cp1251->koi8-r translation of file names is done by kernel
>> > (iocharset=koi8-r option of mount) and is transparent to
>> > applications. Such translation for CD labels is absent.
>> >    So, what we see now, is, in my opinion a kernel bug or 'feature' or
>> > intentional behaviour of unknown purposes.
>>
>> Not a bug neither a feature. If this is a kernel issue, rather call this a
>> not-yet-implemented-feature. I mean, if it is a kernel issue, the iso9660 
>> filesystem
>> does not allow you to read labels in other locales than the european one. 
>> But how
>> can we be sure of such an assertion ?
> iso9660 + joilet allows rather ricky things, one of them is using most of 256 
> ASCII
> which permits certain national codesets. Proof is that I can create/read 
> labels in
> linux in russian, although in deifferent codepage, KOI8-R ...
>>
>>
>> If this is a kernel bug, I agree with you and I will do nothing. But if it 
>> is just
>> the label-reading function in gtktalog that is not able to read your label, 
>> that
>> function has to be improved.
>>
>> I am not the conceptor of that function; I don't even know how and why it 
>> works.
>> Maybe it only works for some CD and not for others ?
>>
>> >
>> > SO, what do you think, Yves ?
>>
>> If you know any piece of software that is able to read your CD label, tell 
>> me about
>> it and I will try to see how they do.
>> If you manage to make an iso of any CD that will not work with
>> gtktalog for the label, I will try to hack it myself.
>> Otherwise, I can do nothing :(
>
> So, lets stop now !
> If I find any updates to the strange behaviour of this function you will be 
> the first
> I'll think of.

OK.
Thanks a lot :)

(and sorry for not respecting the netiquette with all the mails, but I wanted 
to keep
all your text when forwarding to the gtktalog-devel mailing list:)

Yves

>
> good bye,
> for now
>
> Taras


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