more about build-index+cl-ppcre branch & encodings
Subject: more about build-index+cl-ppcre branch & encodings
From: Robert Dodier
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 23:40:30 -0700
On 3/8/11, Michel Talon <talon at lpthe.jussieu.fr> wrote:
> Robert Dodier wrote:
>> I like the idea of using a Lisp-based system to generate the
>> help index, although I'm not convinced that the extra gyrations
>> to explicitly track the encoding for an ordinary Maxima
>> session are an improvement.
> One may wonder if problems will not be generated by the need of such
> "gyrations" when using non english locales. This is because some systems,
> like Linux, are naturally utf-8, while others, like FreeBSD use
> ISO8859-1.
The key point is whether or not the encoding is specified
by Maxima, or it is determined by the Lisp implementation
without Maxima's assistance. The current implementation
of the help system relies on the Lisp implementation and
we haven't gotten any complaints about encoding problems.
If you know of specific encoding problems with Maxima,
I would be interested to hear about it.
best
Robert Dodier