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[bug-gnu-libiconv] [bug #65874] Has iconv command line argument parsing
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Bruno Haible |
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[bug-gnu-libiconv] [bug #65874] Has iconv command line argument parsing of - changed from stdin to invalid option flag? |
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Sat, 15 Jun 2024 11:21:10 -0400 (EDT) |
Follow-up Comment #4, bug #65874 (group libiconv):
> IBM has ported it to their platforms, and also developed ICU containing
uconv https://linux.die.net/man/1/uconv which has compatible options, and
upstream might also like to support as an alternative.
uconv is *not* a drop-in replacement for iconv. Its character set mapping
tables are designed for use on IBM operating systems, not for compatibility
with the rest of the internet; see
https://haible.de/bruno/charsets/conversion-tables/ .
uconv has its own merits. For example, it can be used to convert to NFC or NFD
normalization forms easily. But that does not make it a good "alternative" to
iconv.
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