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Jim Breen wrote:

> On Sep 9,  5:05pm, "Eric S. Standlee" wrote:
> } Subject: Re: tlug: kterm/kinput2 conversion
> >> I was just wondering, why does it seem that most other OS's use SJIS and
> >> NewSJIS, while most Linux users use EUC.
>
> Well:
>
> - EUC was a simple and elegant system designed by and for the Unix
> community (the "U" stood for Unix.) It is capable of supporting extended
> sets such as JIS X 0212.
>
> - SJIS was invented by Microsoft. It is incapable of extension.
>
> Need I say more?
>
> >> I run into the problem that when
> >> I email to non-Linux users they get mojibake.  Should I switch to SJIS for
> >> everything?
>
> NO. Use ISO-2022-JP. There are still plenty of people out there who either
> have 7-bit paths, old software, or melt down when theye receive SJIS.
>
> >> Is there an easy way to handle mass conversion of already
> >> existing files?
>
> I use Ken Lunde's jconv utility. Simple. Works.
>
> Jim
>
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