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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] CALL FOR TESTING: Cygwin 1.7.10
Corinna Vinschen writes:
>
> Would it be ok if it works the old way (WIN_A uses the Cygwin codeset)
> for applications built under 1.7.9 and earlier, and the new way (WIN_A
> uses Win32 ANSI/OEM codepage) for applications built under 1.7.10 and
> later? That means the current lyx continues to work and you can patch
> lyx upstream accordingly to follow the new behaviour.
This would certainly preserve backward compatibility, so it is Ok.
However, may I suggest to add two other enums, namely, CCP_WIN_TO_POSIX
and CCP_POSIX_TO_WIN, that preserve encoding?
This is also useful, as not always one has to convert to/from Windows
style paths for calling native APIs.
Thanks,
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Enrico
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