From: Carlos <angus@...>
Date: 2007-09-04T04:55:47+09:00
Subject: Re: Inconsistent results using Iconv

[Russell Norris <rsl@swimcommunity.org>, 2007-09-03 00.40 CEST]
[...]
> Howdy. I'm working with Iconv and discovered that this code
> 
>   require "iconv"
>   ["�gis", "stra�e", "kierkeg�rd", "jo�o", "bj�rk"].each do |word|
>     puts "#{word} => #{Iconv.iconv('ascii//translit', 'utf-8', word)}"
>   end
[...]
> rsl@sneaky ~ > ./omg.rb
> �gis => aegis
> stra�e => strasse
> kierkeg�rd => kierkeg?rd
> jo�o => jo?o
> bj�rk => bj?rk

Hi, Russell. Apparently the ASCII transliteration rules are defined in
locale data files, and not all locales define all of them (and some that
define it, do it differently). The resolution of this bug report explains
the situation a little more:

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=376272

Good luck.
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