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windows-1258 - I have more code page updates to ask for review:
I have more code pages to ask for review, here's windows-1258
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Charset name: windows-1258
Charset aliases: (None)
Suitability for use in MIME text:
Yes, windows-1258 is suitable for use with subtypes of the "text"
Content-Type. Note that windows-1258 is an 8-bit charset. Care should
be taken to choose an appropriate Content-Transfer-Encoding.
Published specification(s):
1) http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/reference/sbcs/1258.htm
ISO 10646 equivalency table:
http://www.unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/VENDORS/MICSFT/WINDOWS/CP1258.TXT
Additional information:
UTF-8 is preferred to windows-1258 when permissible. Unicode data
in Vietnamese will NOT always round trip through windows 1258.
Although not authoritative, the following references may also be of
interest:
Printed mapping table:
Dr. International "Developing International Software, Second Edition",
Microsoft Press, ISBN 0-7356-1583-7, 2003, p. 783-787
Microsoft windows extended "best fit" behavior:
This is an update of an existing registration of this charset. This
charset name is in use.
This charset is also known as Windows Code Page 1258 or cp1258 for
short; these are NOT aliases.
Person & email address to contact for further information:
Shawn Steele
Email: Shawn.Steele@microsoft.com
Microsoft Corporation
One Microsoft Way,
Redmond, WA 98052
U.S.A.
Intended usage: COMMON