PATCH: Better handle accented characters from the console

[Igor Pechtchanski]

On Wed, 9 Apr 2003, Bob Cassels wrote:

> cygwin-patches-owner@cygwin.com wrote on 04/08/2003 08:35:34 PM:
>
> > On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 05:20:27PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>
> > Hey, it just occurred to me.  Do you want to take a stab at augmenting
> > the cygwin documentation for this feature?  I'm not sure where it should
> > go.  But that's mainly because I haven't actually looked.  :-)
> >
> > It just seems that since we now allow people to type this stuff in, it
> > should be documented somewhere.
>
> Sure, I'll take a stab at it.  I'm not sure it'll be much more than a
> pointer to the Microsoft doc on which numbers get which characters, and a
> statement that Cygwin supports them, too.
>
> I suppose mention of the code page vs. fonts issue should go there, too.
> Bob

Bob,

There is also a section in the FAQ, "Why don't international (8-bit)
characters work?", that might need updating...
	Igor
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