From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Christoph Dalitz <christoph(dot)dalitz(at)hs-niederrhein(dot)de> |
Cc: | PostgreSQL-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: patches for WIN32_CONSOLE problem |
Date: | 2003-09-29 18:22:16 |
Message-ID: | 200309291822.h8TIMGA24216@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Patch applied. Thanks.
Yes, I removed the doc mentions of WIN32_CONSOLE already.
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Christoph Dalitz wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 12:45:22 -0400 (EDT)
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> > >
> > > a) Write documentation how the win32 console needs to be set up so that
> > > psql can handle 8-bit characters.
> > > Where should it be added? The Section "Installation on Windows" in the
> > > Administrator's Guide seems natural to me.
> > >
> > > b) Add code to psql that prints a warning on startup of psql when the
> > > console codepage differs from the windows codepage, something like
> > >
> > > Warning: Console codepage (850) differs from windows codepage (1252)
> > > 8-bit characters will not work correctly. See PostgreSQL
> > > documentation "Installation on Windows" for details.
> >
> Attached are two patches:
>
> - installdoc.patch contains an additional paragraph on the win32 console
> codepage for the chapter "Installation on Windows"
> Due to a lack of SGML-tools, I have only edited the text and not tested
> the SGML code - please check it before merging into the CVS branch.
>
> - psqlcodepage.patch adds the warning about a problematic codepage to psql.
>
>
> > > Could you please already remove the WIN32_CONSOLE and OemToChar/CharToOem stuff
> > > from psql? Sorry for the inconvenience generated by my ignorance.
> >
> Did you remove it also from the psql doc?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Christoph
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