Hi Ken,
Specifically, they assume all output is in UTF-8 (because that's
how Plan 9 works), but that's not a valid assumption for us.
Aside from whether that stdio would be helpful, is it time we switch
to assuming UTF-8?
So ... what would that mean, exactly? Ignore the locale setting and
always output UTF-8?
Well, yes, the code would be writing UTF-8, with the knowledge of how
many cells have been occupied, e.g. one for the combining `a⃞', but it
could complain about the non-UTF-8 locale setting, or try and set up
`fire and forget' converter on open and opening files if it was easy
enough to be worth the bother.
Cheers, Ralph.
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