Iconv 0.09 released

John-Mark Bell jmb at netsurf-browser.org
Thu Nov 20 00:22:48 GMT 2008


Version 0.09 of the Iconv module is now available for download. This is a 
recommended update for all users - new builds of NetSurf will require it.

New in this version:

   * Introduce *Iconv command which performs command line conversion.
   * Add support for ISO-8859-16 (Latin 10)

Fixed in this version:

   * Fixes/improvements to the handlers for:
       + US-ASCII
       + UTF-8
       + ISO-8859-7
       + ISO-8859-8
       + ISO-8859-11
       + Windows-1256
       + MacRoman
       + JIS X 0208
       + JIS X 0212
       + KS X 1001
       + EUC-JP
       + Any ISO-2022 based charset that uses a 94x94 table in GR
       + Johab
       + ShiftJIS
   * Significantly improve detection and reporting of error conditions
   * Fixes for compiling with GCC4.

Changed in this version:

   * Restructured source tree into cross-platform and RO-specific parts.
   * New build system to go with this.

About Iconv
===========

Iconv is a module providing character set conversion facilities for 
third-party applications. It is currently used by a number of 
applications, most notably NetSurf. UnixLib's iconv support also requires 
this module.

Updating from earlier versions
==============================

If updating from earlier versions, please perform _both_ a !Boot and 
!System merge with the contents of the Iconv distribution archive as 
documented in the Installation section of the ReadMe file.

Where to get it
===============

Iconv may be downloaded from http://www.netsurf-browser.org/projects/iconv/



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