GNU bug report logs - #13957
multibyte: expand fails on non-ASCII

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Thomas Wolff <towo <at> computer.org>

Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:52:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

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bug#13957; Package coreutils. (Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:52:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

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From: Thomas Wolff <towo <at> computer.org>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: expand fails on non-ASCII
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:10:57 +0100
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Hi,
the coreutils 'expand' fails on multi-byte characters (test file attached).
Please make it locale-aware.
Kind regards,
Thomas
[test-expand-multibyte (text/plain, attachment)]

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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Thomas Wolff <towo <at> computer.org>
Cc: 13957 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13957: expand fails on non-ASCII
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:26:51 +0000
On 03/14/2013 03:10 PM, Thomas Wolff wrote:
> Hi,
> the coreutils 'expand' fails on multi-byte characters (test file attached).
> Please make it locale-aware.
> Kind regards,
> Thomas

You're in luck.
We're actually working on that at present:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2013-03/msg00024.html

thanks,
Pádraig.




Severity set to 'wishlist' from 'normal' Request was from Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Thu, 18 Oct 2018 23:57:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Changed bug title to 'multibyte: expand fails on non-ASCII' from 'expand fails on non-ASCII' Request was from Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Thu, 18 Oct 2018 23:57:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

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