Re: Arabic Linux sites

["N. Heer" <heer at u dot washington dot edu>]

	I agree since CP-1256 is Microsoft's Arabic code page.  However,
not all computers or programs can handle UTF-8 yet.  ISO 8859-6 can be
used instead of CP-1256 although it doesn't contain the Persian characters
now included in CP-1256.

Nicholas

On Thu, 28 Aug 2003, Nadim Shaikli wrote:

>  2. The page is in CP-1256.  I highly encourage you and others to refrain
>     from using that encoding and esp. with regard to Open Source projects.
>     We need to move one and all away from that encoding and all things
>     proprietary and embrace the use of UTF-8.  I am just very troubled to
>     see Arabic Linux and Open Source sites carrying that encoding (and
>     there was been many of late from linux4arab to virtually all the LUGs).
>
>     Using CP-1256 tells me we are sending the wrong message.
>
> I am also calling on 1-2 people (volunteers anyone) to look into the
> availability and usability of Arabic (using UTF-8 of course) within phpNuke
> and postNuke.  We need to tell those open source projects to have Arabic
> packages be shipped as UTF-8 pages with CP-1256 available as an option
> (not the other way around).
>
> Salam.
>
>  - Nadim
>
>
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