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diff --git a/desktop-entry/ChangeLog b/desktop-entry/ChangeLog index efc13cd..e39fb6c 100644 --- a/desktop-entry/ChangeLog +++ b/desktop-entry/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +Tue Mar 13 12:37:03 2001 Owen Taylor <otaylor@redhat.com> + + * 0.9.3 + + * Reworked the description of encoding handling for + Legacy-Mixed for clarity and added a bit more details + on how encoding-matching should be done. + Thu Mar 8 17:42:05 2001 Owen Taylor <otaylor@redhat.com> * Import into CVS. diff --git a/desktop-entry/desktop-entry-spec.sgml b/desktop-entry/desktop-entry-spec.sgml index 25bab48..4c34a34 100644 --- a/desktop-entry/desktop-entry-spec.sgml +++ b/desktop-entry/desktop-entry-spec.sgml @@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ <article id="index"> <artheader> <title>Desktop Entry Standard</title> - <releaseinfo>Version 0.9.2</releaseinfo> - <date>6 March 2001</date> + <releaseinfo>Version 0.9.3</releaseinfo> + <date>13 March 2001</date> <authorgroup> <author> <firstname>Preston</firstname> @@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ Icon=fooview-edit.png</programlisting> <para> If the locale tag includes an .ENCODING part, then that determines the encoding for the line. Otherwise, the encoding is determined - by the language, or language-country pair from the locale, according + by the language, or language-country pair from the locale tag, according to the following table. </para> <informaltable> @@ -811,69 +811,108 @@ Icon=fooview-edit.png</programlisting> <thead> <row> <entry>Encoding</entry> + <entry>Aliases</entry> <entry>Tags</entry> </row> </thead> <tbody> <row> - <entry>ARMSCII-8 (*)</entry><entry>by</entry> + <entry>ARMSCII-8 (*)</entry><entry></entry><entry>by</entry> </row><row> - <entry>BIG5</entry><entry>zh_TW.Big5</entry> + <entry>BIG5</entry><entry></entry><entry>zh_TW</entry> </row><row> - <entry>CP1251</entry><entry>be bg</entry> + <entry>CP1251</entry><entry></entry><entry>be bg</entry> </row><row> - <entry>EUC-CN</entry><entry>zh_CN.GB2312</entry> + <entry>EUC-CN</entry><entry>GB2312</entry><entry>zh_CN</entry> </row><row> - <entry>EUC-JP</entry><entry>ja</entry> + <entry>EUC-JP</entry><entry></entry><entry>ja</entry> </row><row> - <entry>EUC-KR</entry><entry>ko</entry> + <entry>EUC-KR</entry><entry></entry><entry>ko</entry> </row><row> - <entry>GEORGIAN-ACADEMY (*)</entry><entry>ka_GE.georgianacademy</entry> + <entry>GEORGIAN-ACADEMY (*)</entry><entry></entry><entry></entry> </row><row> - <entry>GEORGIAN-PS (*)</entry><entry>ka</entry> + <entry>GEORGIAN-PS (*)</entry><entry></entry><entry>ka</entry> </row><row> - <entry>ISO-8859-1</entry><entry>br ca da de en es eu fi fr gl it nl wa no pt pt sv</entry> + <entry>ISO-8859-1</entry><entry></entry><entry>br ca da de en es eu fi fr gl it nl wa no pt pt sv</entry> </row><row> - <entry>ISO-8859-2</entry><entry>cs hr hu pl ro sk sl sq sr</entry> + <entry>ISO-8859-2</entry><entry></entry><entry>cs hr hu pl ro sk sl sq sr</entry> </row><row> - <entry>ISO-8859-3 </entry><entry>eo</entry> + <entry>ISO-8859-3 </entry><entry></entry><entry>eo</entry> </row><row> - <entry>ISO-8859-5</entry><entry>mk sp</entry> + <entry>ISO-8859-5</entry><entry></entry><entry>mk sp</entry> </row><row> - <entry>ISO-8859-7</entry><entry>el</entry> + <entry>ISO-8859-7</entry><entry></entry><entry>el</entry> </row><row> - <entry>ISO-8859-9</entry><entry>tr</entry> + <entry>ISO-8859-9</entry><entry></entry><entry>tr</entry> </row><row> - <entry>ISO-8859-13</entry><entry>lt lv mi</entry> + <entry>ISO-8859-13</entry><entry></entry><entry>lt lv mi</entry> </row><row> - <entry>ISO-8859-14</entry><entry>ga cy</entry> + <entry>ISO-8859-14</entry><entry></entry><entry>ga cy</entry> </row><row> - <entry>ISO-8859-15</entry><entry>et</entry> + <entry>ISO-8859-15</entry><entry></entry><entry>et</entry> </row><row> - <entry>KOI8-R</entry><entry>ru</entry> + <entry>KOI8-R</entry><entry></entry><entry>ru</entry> </row><row> - <entry>KOI8-U</entry><entry>uk</entry> + <entry>KOI8-U</entry><entry></entry><entry>uk</entry> </row><row> - <entry>TCVN-5712 (*)</entry><entry>vi vi_VN.TCVN</entry> + <entry>TCVN-5712 (*)</entry><entry>TCVN</entry><entry>vi</entry> </row><row> - <entry>TIS-620</entry><entry>th</entry> + <entry>TIS-620</entry><entry></entry><entry>th</entry> + </row><row> + <entry>VISCII</entry><entry></entry><entry></entry> </row> </tbody> </tgroup> </informaltable> - <para> - Encodings marked with a (*) are not currently supported by the GNU C - Library; for this reason, implementations may choose to ignore lines - in desktop files with the corresponding tags. Desktop files with - these tags are currently rare or non-existent. - </para> - <para> - The encoding here is listed according to its canonical name in the - GNU C Library's iconv facility. The more common tags tags found - with an encoding part are listed here, so that implementors can - verify that the correct encoding will be used. (In particular, - note the mismatch between zh_CN.GB2312, and the canonical name - EUC-CN.) + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term>Encoding</term> + <listitem> + <para> + The name given here is listed here is typically the + canonical name for the encoding in the GNU C Library's + iconv facility Encodings marked with (*) are not + currently supported by the GNU C Library; for this reason, + implementations may choose to ignore lines in desktop + files that resolve to this encoding. Desktop files with + these encodings are currently rare or non-existent. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term>Aliases</term> + <listitem> + <para> + Other names for the encoding found in existing desktop + files. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term>Tags</term> + <listitem> + <para> + Language tags for which this is the default encoding. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> + <para> + This table above covers all tags and encodings that are known to + be currently in use. Implementors may choose to support + encodings not in the above set. For tags without defaults listed + in the above table, desktop file creators must specify the + ENCODING part of the locale tag. + </para> + <para> + Matching the ENCODING part of the locale tag against a locale + name or alias should be done by stripping all punctuation + characters from both the tag and the name or alias, converting + both name and alias to lowercase, and comparing the result. + This is necessary because, for example, "Big5" is frequently + found instead of "BIG5" and "georgianacademy" instead of + GEORGIAN-ACADEMY. Desktop files creators should, however, use + the name as it appears in the "Encoding" column above. </para> </appendix> </article> |