1: int decode_codepage(char *cp_name)

   1: if (!*cp_name) {

   2:     /*

   3:      * Here we select a plausible default code page based on

   4:      * the locale the user is in. We wish to select an ISO code

   5:      * page or appropriate local default _rather_ than go with

   6:      * the Win125* series, because it's more important to have

   7:      * CSI and friends enabled by default than the ghastly

   8:      * Windows extra quote characters, and because it's more

   9:      * likely the user is connecting to a remote server that

  10:      * does something Unixy or VMSy and hence standards-

  11:      * compliant than that they're connecting back to a Windows

  12:      * box using horrible nonstandard charsets.

  13:      * 

  14:      * Accordingly, Robert de Bath suggests a method for

  15:      * picking a default character set that runs as follows:

  16:      * first call GetACP to get the system's ANSI code page

  17:      * identifier, and translate as follows:

  18:      * 

  19:      * 1250 -> ISO 8859-2

  20:      * 1251 -> KOI8-U

  21:      * 1252 -> ISO 8859-1

  22:      * 1253 -> ISO 8859-7

  23:      * 1254 -> ISO 8859-9

  24:      * 1255 -> ISO 8859-8

  25:      * 1256 -> ISO 8859-6

  26:      * 1257 -> ISO 8859-13 (changed from 8859-4 on advice of a Lithuanian)

  27:      * 

  28:      * and for anything else, choose direct-to-font.

  29:      */

  30:     int cp = GetACP();

  31:     switch (cp) {

  32:       case 1250: cp_name = "ISO-8859-2"; break;

  33:       case 1251: cp_name = "KOI8-U"; break;

  34:       case 1252: cp_name = "ISO-8859-1"; break;

  35:       case 1253: cp_name = "ISO-8859-7"; break;

  36:       case 1254: cp_name = "ISO-8859-9"; break;

  37:       case 1255: cp_name = "ISO-8859-8"; break;

  38:       case 1256: cp_name = "ISO-8859-6"; break;

  39:       case 1257: cp_name = "ISO-8859-13"; break;

  40:         /* default: leave it blank, which will select -1, direct->font */

  41:     }

  42:     }

   1: if (!*cp_name) {

   2:             cp_name="UTF-8";

   3:     }