QOTF candidate; should add that the default encoding is usually ASCII.
On 7/12/05, Michael Chermside <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> M A Lemburg writes:
> > we should use strings and Unicode
> > like they are supposed to be used (in the context of text
> > data):
> >
> > * strings are fine for text d
M A Lemburg writes:
> we should use strings and Unicode
> like they are supposed to be used (in the context of text
> data):
>
> * strings are fine for text data that is encoded using
> the default encoding
>
> * Unicode should be used for all text data that is not
> or cannot be encoded in the
>> Well, most people when confronted with this will rename the
>> directory to something simple like "ulib" and continue.
>
> I don't really buy this "trick": what if you happen to have
> a home directory with Unicode characters in it ?
I think this is one of the most common places, too. Whenever
