From: Curt Hibbs <curt@...>
Date: 2004-12-11T04:23:38+09:00
Subject: Re: iconv replacement for windows?

Thomas Leitner wrote:
>
> On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 00:45:11 +0900
> Austin Ziegler <halostatue@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> | On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 00:17:30 +0900, Thomas Leitner <t_leitner@gmx.at>
> | wrote:
> | > I'm using the iconv library form the Ruby Standard Library under
> | > Linux and it works quite well, but the iconv library is not
> | > available under Windows (using the One-Click-Installer). Is there
> | > anything equivalent to iconv in Ruby for Windows?
> |
> | My recommendation is to request that iconv be included with the
> | One-Click-Installer.
> |
>
> I have looked at the feature request page of the One-Click-Installer
> project and there is already a feature request for iconv. Thanks for
> pointing me to that!

If someone would be willing to package iconv as a RubyGem, them it would
become immediately available thru a simple "gem install iconv", since
RubyGems is now included in the one-click installer.

Curt