character encoding: Windows XP vs Linux

Brian Mury b.mury at ieee.org
Wed Sep 29 22:28:18 UTC 2004


On Wed, 2004-09-29 at 15:06, Jean Morissette wrote:
> Hi all,
> When I transfert files from my girlfriend Windows XP computer to my 
> Linux FC2 computer, I cannot read the files names properly from my 
> Linux.  Specials chacarters like é à è are remplaced with a white space. 
>   Can you help me or do I have to change my girlfriend? ;-)

Don't change your girlfriend - just change her computer to Linux! ;-)





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