Re: [bug-gnu-libiconv] Feature: GSM 03.38 character set

[Bruno Haible]

Hello,

Jens Mueller wrote:
> I'm wondering whether libiconv is going to have support for the GSM
> 03.38 character set. For converting text I rely on libiconv but the GSM
> character set seems not to be supported. Is it planned to be included in
> the future?

This is not planned, because - see the file NOTES - libiconv supports
encodings that are necessary for internationalization. Whereas
GSM 03.38 is only used by very specialized software - namely those
dealing with the construction or analysis of SMS - and therefore putting
it into a general-use software is not appropriate.

But I have a small collection of GSM related encoding lists (old, attached).

You can, of course, try to have it supported by glibc. glibc's iconv
offers more encodings than libiconv.

Bruno

GSM-03.38.TXT
Description: Text document

GSM-ERICSSON.TXT
Description: Text document

T.50-IRA.TXT
Description: Text document

IMGM121.ps.gz
Description: application/gzpostscript