>>> I propose to replace "all combinations of the listed values are supported" >>> by "but not all combinations of the listed values are supported" (I >>> assumed iconv --list is right) >> But -- my question was, where did the text you quoted come from. I cannot >> find it. > > At the top of `LC_ALL=C iconv --list`: > > The following list contain all the coded character sets known. This does > not necessarily mean that all combinations of these names can be used for > the FROM and TO command line parameters. One coded character set can be > listed with several different names (aliases). > > 437, 500, 500V1, 850, 851, 852, 855, 856, 857, 860, 861, 862, 863, 864, 865, > [...other charsets] > > Maybe ia's a Debian specific note.
Yes, on SUSE 10.1, "iconv --list" does not display this text. Cheers, Michael -- Michael Kerrisk maintainer of Linux man pages Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7 Want to help with man page maintenance? Grab the latest tarball at http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/manpages/ read the HOWTOHELP file and grep the source files for 'FIXME'. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
