Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of TracUnicode


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Jun 23, 2015, 3:16:04 PM (9 years ago)
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    22[[TracGuideToc]]
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    4 Trac stores all text using UTF-8 encoding, including text in tickets and wiki pages. Internal processing of text uses true Unicode representations.
     4Trac encodes all text using [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-8 UTF-8], including text in tickets and wiki pages. Internal processing of text uses true [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode Unicode] representations. As such, it supports most (all?) commonly used character encodings.
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    6 As such, it supports most (all?) commonly used character encodings.
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    8 If the default encoding in your source code repository is not UTF-8, you can specify it in the [TracIni#trac-section trac.ini], for example:
     6If the default encoding in your source code repository is not UTF-8, you can specify it in the [TracIni#trac-section trac.ini]:
    97{{{
    108default_charset = gbk
    119}}}
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    13 You also must make sure that your [trac:DatabaseBackend database backend] stores its data in UTF-8; otherwise strange things will happen.
     11Also ensure that your [trac:DatabaseBackend database] stores its data in UTF-8, otherwise results may be unpredictable.
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    15 To convert your database to UTF-8, the easiest way is to dump the database, convert the dump into UTF-8 and then import the converted dump back into the database.[[BR]]
    16 You can use [http://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/documentation/libiconv/iconv.1.html iconv] to convert the dump.
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     13To convert your database to UTF-8, the easiest way is to create a dump of the database, convert it into UTF-8, for example using [http://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/documentation/libiconv/iconv.1.html iconv], and then import it back into the database.
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    1915== Examples ==