X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/u/mdw/putty/blobdiff_plain/6d177721a1a7749eb0d713fc6768fc758a83e2ab..202f2b85481f9cf78f098a0d11b80cc2b92735c8:/charset/README diff --git a/charset/README b/charset/README index 248a8b2a..16b540a7 100644 --- a/charset/README +++ b/charset/README @@ -2,10 +2,14 @@ This subdirectory contains a general character-set conversion library, used in the Unix port of PuTTY, and available for use in other ports if it should happen to be useful. -I intend to use this same library in other programs at some future -date. It is therefore a _strong_ design goal that this library -should remain perfectly general, and not tied to particulars of -PuTTY. It must not reference any code outside its own subdirectory; -it should not have PuTTY-specific helper routines added to it unless -they can be documented in a general manner which might make them -useful in other circumstances as well. +This is a variant of a library that's currently used in some other +programs such as Timber and Halibut. At some future date, we would +like to merge the two libraries, so that all programs use the same +libcharset. + +It is therefore a _strong_ design goal that this library should remain +perfectly general, and not tied to particulars of PuTTY. It must not +reference any code outside its own subdirectory; it should not have +PuTTY-specific helper routines added to it unless they can be +documented in a general manner which might make them useful in other +circumstances as well.