On Thu, Dec 28, 2006 at 09:58:45AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>> 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.
OK, then it's safer to just let the manpage note. I will try to find out later whether the note displayed by "iconv --list" is right or wrong. Cheers, -- Nekral -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
