From: Paul Battley <pbattley@...>
Date: 2005-12-27T18:19:03+09:00
Subject: Re: Mac OS Roma to UTF-8 (Kconv | Iconv]

> Because i'll use the output in an xml form i need to translate to UTF-8.

Not necessarily. Just make sure that the encoding is specified in your
XML prolog:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Shift_JIS" ?>

> also if i make use of Iconv.new('MACROMAN', 'UTF-8').iconv(str)
>
> i get an error message :
> AddressBook2vCardXml.rb:32:in `iconv': "\216" (Iconv::IllegalSequence)
>
> for the first accentuated string (the "�" of Ren�).

That's because the parameters are in the wrong order. They should be
given as (to, from). Your example is therefore trying to convert
*from* UTF-8 *to* Mac Roman, which is why the � is illegal.

Try this instead:

utf8_str = Iconv.new('UTF-8', 'MacRoman').iconv(mac_str)

e.g.
$KCODE = 'u'
require 'iconv'
Iconv.new('UTF-8', 'MacRoman').iconv("Ren\216") # => "Ren�" [in UTF-8]

Paul.