From: porkchop@invalid.foo   
      
   On Tue, 18 Nov 2025 14:27:53 -0500, James Kuyper wrote:   
      
   > Could you identify which document guarantees that every Unicode locale   
   > contains "UTF-8"? Do you know what the domain of applicability of that   
   > document is? It apparently does not cover my Ubuntu Linux system. The   
   > command "locale -a" provides a list of all supported locales. Here's   
   > what it says:   
   >   
   > [...]   
      
   Hi James, umm 'guarantees'? No no... It does NOT verify:   
      
   - whether the environment actually supports UTF8 fully   
   - whether multibyte functions are enabled   
   - whether the terminal supports UTF8   
   - whether the C library supports UTF8 normalization   
     (combining characters, etc. but it seems to work well here)   
      
   To be sure: It's not a UTF-8 capability test. It's only a   
   locale-string check. So it likely misses many valid UTF8   
   locale variants...   
      
   Here I'm running any mixture of: Windows/BSD/Linix Mint LMDE.   
      
   The best I can tell you at this stage is that it works on my end,   
   not a very satisfying reply I'm sure you'd agree. But till I learn   
   more about the issue that's the best I can offer.   
      
   If you manage an improvement, please do post it here in the group   
   so I can learn more too.   
      
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