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diff --git a/lib/localcharset.h b/lib/localcharset.h
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--- a/lib/localcharset.h
+++ b/lib/localcharset.h
@@ -25,12 +25,106 @@ extern "C" {
/* Determine the current locale's character encoding, and canonicalize it
- into one of the canonical names listed in config.charset.
+ into one of the canonical names listed below.
The result must not be freed; it is statically allocated.
If the canonical name cannot be determined, the result is a non-canonical
name. */
extern const char * locale_charset (void);
+/* About GNU canonical names for character encodings:
+
+ Every canonical name must be supported by GNU libiconv. Support by GNU libc
+ is also desirable.
+
+ The name is case insensitive. Usually an upper case MIME charset name is
+ preferred.
+
+ The current list of these GNU canonical names is:
+
+ name MIME? used by which systems
+ (darwin = Mac OS X, windows = native Windows)
+
+ ASCII, ANSI_X3.4-1968 glibc solaris freebsd netbsd darwin minix cygwin
+ ISO-8859-1 Y glibc aix hpux irix osf solaris freebsd netbsd openbsd darwin cygwin
+ ISO-8859-2 Y glibc aix hpux irix osf solaris freebsd netbsd openbsd darwin cygwin
+ ISO-8859-3 Y glibc solaris cygwin
+ ISO-8859-4 Y hpux osf solaris freebsd netbsd openbsd darwin
+ ISO-8859-5 Y glibc aix hpux irix osf solaris freebsd netbsd openbsd darwin cygwin
+ ISO-8859-6 Y glibc aix hpux solaris cygwin
+ ISO-8859-7 Y glibc aix hpux irix osf solaris freebsd netbsd openbsd darwin cygwin
+ ISO-8859-8 Y glibc aix hpux osf solaris cygwin
+ ISO-8859-9 Y glibc aix hpux irix osf solaris freebsd darwin cygwin
+ ISO-8859-13 glibc hpux solaris freebsd netbsd openbsd darwin cygwin
+ ISO-8859-14 glibc cygwin
+ ISO-8859-15 glibc aix irix osf solaris freebsd netbsd openbsd darwin cygwin
+ KOI8-R Y glibc hpux solaris freebsd netbsd openbsd darwin
+ KOI8-U Y glibc freebsd netbsd openbsd darwin cygwin
+ KOI8-T glibc
+ CP437 dos
+ CP775 dos
+ CP850 aix osf dos
+ CP852 dos
+ CP855 dos
+ CP856 aix
+ CP857 dos
+ CP861 dos
+ CP862 dos
+ CP864 dos
+ CP865 dos
+ CP866 freebsd netbsd openbsd darwin dos
+ CP869 dos
+ CP874 windows dos
+ CP922 aix
+ CP932 aix cygwin windows dos
+ CP943 aix
+ CP949 osf darwin windows dos
+ CP950 windows dos
+ CP1046 aix
+ CP1124 aix
+ CP1125 dos
+ CP1129 aix
+ CP1131 freebsd darwin
+ CP1250 windows
+ CP1251 glibc hpux solaris freebsd netbsd openbsd darwin cygwin windows
+ CP1252 aix windows
+ CP1253 windows
+ CP1254 windows
+ CP1255 glibc windows
+ CP1256 windows
+ CP1257 windows
+ GB2312 Y glibc aix hpux irix solaris freebsd netbsd darwin cygwin
+ EUC-JP Y glibc aix hpux irix osf solaris freebsd netbsd darwin cygwin
+ EUC-KR Y glibc aix hpux irix osf solaris freebsd netbsd darwin cygwin
+ EUC-TW glibc aix hpux irix osf solaris netbsd
+ BIG5 Y glibc aix hpux osf solaris freebsd netbsd darwin cygwin
+ BIG5-HKSCS glibc hpux solaris netbsd darwin
+ GBK glibc aix osf solaris freebsd darwin cygwin windows dos
+ GB18030 glibc hpux solaris freebsd netbsd darwin
+ SHIFT_JIS Y hpux osf solaris freebsd netbsd darwin
+ JOHAB glibc solaris windows
+ TIS-620 glibc aix hpux osf solaris cygwin
+ VISCII Y glibc
+ TCVN5712-1 glibc
+ ARMSCII-8 glibc freebsd netbsd darwin
+ GEORGIAN-PS glibc cygwin
+ PT154 glibc netbsd cygwin
+ HP-ROMAN8 hpux
+ HP-ARABIC8 hpux
+ HP-GREEK8 hpux
+ HP-HEBREW8 hpux
+ HP-TURKISH8 hpux
+ HP-KANA8 hpux
+ DEC-KANJI osf
+ DEC-HANYU osf
+ UTF-8 Y glibc aix hpux osf solaris netbsd darwin cygwin
+
+ Note: Names which are not marked as being a MIME name should not be used in
+ Internet protocols for information interchange (mail, news, etc.).
+
+ Note: ASCII and ANSI_X3.4-1968 are synonymous canonical names. Applications
+ must understand both names and treat them as equivalent.
+ */
+
#ifdef __cplusplus
}