| 1 | This subdirectory contains a general character-set conversion |
| 2 | library, used in the Unix port of PuTTY, and available for use in |
| 3 | other ports if it should happen to be useful. |
| 4 | |
| 5 | This is a variant of a library that's currently used in some other |
| 6 | programs such as Timber and Halibut. At some future date, we would |
| 7 | like to merge the two libraries, so that all programs use the same |
| 8 | libcharset. |
| 9 | |
| 10 | It is therefore a _strong_ design goal that this library should remain |
| 11 | perfectly general, and not tied to particulars of PuTTY. It must not |
| 12 | reference any code outside its own subdirectory; it should not have |
| 13 | PuTTY-specific helper routines added to it unless they can be |
| 14 | documented in a general manner which might make them useful in other |
| 15 | circumstances as well. |