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diff --git a/doc/gpg.texi b/doc/gpg.texi index 327ebbfc6..dd6e432ec 100644 --- a/doc/gpg.texi +++ b/doc/gpg.texi @@ -1532,13 +1532,14 @@ not used). @item --display-charset @var{name} @opindex display-charset -Set the name of the native character set. This is used to convert -some informational strings like user IDs to the proper UTF-8 encoding. +Set the name of the native character set. This is used to convert some +informational strings like user IDs to the proper UTF-8 encoding. Note that this has nothing to do with the character set of data to be -encrypted or signed; GnuPG does not recode user-supplied data. If -this option is not used, the default character set is determined from -the current locale. A verbosity level of 3 shows the chosen set. -Valid values for @var{name} are: +encrypted or signed; GnuPG does not recode user-supplied data. If this +option is not used, the default character set is determined from the +current locale. A verbosity level of 3 shows the chosen set. This +option should not be used on Windows. Valid values for @var{name} +are: @table @asis @@ -1575,6 +1576,12 @@ encoded in the character set as specified by arguments. Both options may be used multiple times. This option should not be used in an option file. +This option has no effect on Windows. There the internal used UTF-8 +encoding is translated for console input and output. The command line +arguments are expected as Unicode and translated to UTF-8. Thus when +calling this program from another, make sure to use the Unicode +version of CreateProcess. + @anchor{gpg-option --options} @item --options @var{file} @opindex options |