[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] Translate messages

[Diego Biurrun]

On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 11:32:44PM +0100, Ingo Brückl wrote:
> I wrote on Thu, 20 Jan 2011 21:01:02 +0100:
> 
> > Reimar Döffinger wrote on Thu, 20 Jan 2011 20:11:22 +0100:
> 
> >> 1) there is no reason why the filename encoding would have to have any
> >> relation with the font encoding.
> 
> > Yes, that's true, but there is no information about the font encoding so
> > that's a kind of "best assumption". If a filename is displayed correctly
> > in the GUI, the messages will most likely be, too.
> 
> Actually, what I wrote is rubbish because only people with non-UTF-8
> filenames would have something to convert to. But conversion must take
> place anyway.
> 
> So either we add a font encoding information to the skins (and make
> ISO-8859-1 the default?) or demand a specific encoding to be used.
> 
> Preferences?

I have no opinion on GUI matters, but the only sane encoding choice in
the 21st century is UTF-8.

Diego