[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#1824) ruleset data is in incompatible charsets

[Vasco Alexandre Da Silva Costa <vasc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 6 Jan 2003, Reinier Post wrote:

> > The best/only way to solve this is to say all network
> > communications must be in UTF (probably UTF-8); each end of the
> > connection may convert the UTF into their local encoding.  Again we have
> > different types of strings: name strings (which should be sent in UTF-8,
> > then converted) and data strings (which are sent in ASCII and left
> > untouched).
>
> There is no reason to do this, you can always send English language
> strings plus any localization markings required.

I agree, but there is at least one instance where you actually do want to
send non-ascii: player chat text.

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Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa @ Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa