Re: Suggestion for Encodings table

Thanks for the ideas.  I have applied the following patch which
documents all our encodings.  Also, the URL I added is very extensive.

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Preston Landers wrote:
> 
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/interactive/multibyte.html#CHARSET-TABLE
> 
> I would humbly suggest a few improvements to that Encodings table to
> improve the clarity.
> 
> Many of the entries clearly indicate the language or writing system, such
> as WIN1256 = "Windows CP1256 (Arabic)"
> 
> I would suggest that every single entry should be described that way with
> the common language or writing system name.  Even Unicode could say "All
> languages".
> 
> In particular, the "WIN" encoding just says "CP1251" -- this is Cyrillic
> (Russian) but some people might just see the WIN and assume it's the
> character set that Western/US Windows uses (CP 1252).
> 
> It's an easy mistake to make and one I see repeated frequently on other
> web pages (calling Windows "Western" CP 1251.)  Someone reading English
> language docs and seeing a "WIN" character set might naturally assume that
> it is the English Windows character set.  (Which BTW is not currently
> supported by PG for conversions.)
> 
> Some more examples that might improve clarity:
> 
>  LATIN5 should say "Turkish"
> 
>  LATIN6 should say "Nordic"
> 
>  ALT and KOI8 should say "Cyrillic"   (or Russian)
> 
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           MULE_INTERNAL
!          Mule internal code
          
          
           LATIN1
!          ISO 8859-1/ECMA</> 94 (Latin alphabet no.1)
          
          
           LATIN2
!          ISO 8859-2/ECMA</> 94 (Latin alphabet no.2)
          
          
           LATIN3
!          ISO 8859-3/ECMA</> 94 (Latin alphabet no.3)
          
          
           LATIN4
!          ISO 8859-4/ECMA</> 94 (Latin alphabet no.4)
          
          
           LATIN5
!          ISO 8859-9/ECMA</> 128 (Latin alphabet no.5)
          
          
           LATIN6
!          ISO 8859-10/ECMA</> 144 (Latin alphabet no.6)
          
          
           LATIN7
!          ISO 8859-13 (Latin alphabet no.7)
          
          
           LATIN8
!          ISO 8859-14 (Latin alphabet no.8)
          
          
           LATIN9
!          ISO 8859-15 (Latin alphabet no.9)
          
          
           LATIN10
!          ISO 8859-16/ASRO</> SR 14111 (Latin alphabet no.10)
          
          
           ISO_8859_5
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           MULE_INTERNAL
!          Mule internal code (Multi-lingual Emacs)
          
          
           LATIN1
!          ISO 8859-1/ECMA</> 94 (Western European)
          
          
           LATIN2
!          ISO 8859-2/ECMA</> 94 (Central European)
          
          
           LATIN3
!          ISO 8859-3/ECMA</> 94 (South European)
          
          
           LATIN4
!          ISO 8859-4/ECMA</> 94 (North European)
          
          
           LATIN5
!          ISO 8859-9/ECMA</> 128 (Turkish)
          
          
           LATIN6
!          ISO 8859-10/ECMA</> 144 (Nordic)
          
          
           LATIN7
!          ISO 8859-13 (Baltic)
          
          
           LATIN8
!          ISO 8859-14 (Celtic)
          
          
           LATIN9
!          ISO 8859-15 (LATIN1 with Euro and accents)
          
          
           LATIN10
!          ISO 8859-16/ASRO</> SR 14111 (Romanian)
          
          
           ISO_8859_5
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*** 404,414 ****
          
          
           KOI8
!          KOI8-R(U)
          
          
           WIN866
!          Windows CP866
          
          
           WIN874
--- 404,414 ----
          
          
           KOI8
!          KOI8-R(U) (Cyrillic)
          
          
           WIN866
!          Windows CP866 (Cyrillic)
          
          
           WIN874
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*** 416,426 ****
          
          
           WIN1250
!          Windows CP1250
          
          
           WIN1251
!          Windows CP1251
          
          
           WIN1256
--- 416,426 ----
          
          
           WIN1250
!          Windows CP1250 (Central European)
          
          
           WIN1251
!          Windows CP1251 (Cyrillic)
          
          
           WIN1256
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