<i18n dev> RFR: 8277398: javac does not accept encoding name COMPAT [v2]

Naoto Sato naoto at openjdk.java.net
Mon Nov 29 17:32:08 UTC 2021


On Thu, 25 Nov 2021 00:58:47 GMT, Ichiroh Takiguchi <itakiguchi at openjdk.org> wrote:

> But how about Windows platform ?

If the user specifies `-J-Dfile.encoding=COMPAT`, all operations are done in `MS932` on Japanese Windows.

> How can user find encoding name without running java ?

I still don't get why the user needs to know the encoding if they specifies `COMPAT` property.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/6475


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