[syslinux] Allowed code pages and encodings to write f0.txt through f1.txt?

[Didier Spaier]

On 27/03/2013 03:54, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 03/26/2013 04:02 PM, Didier Spaier wrote:
>> Hi there.
>>
>> Slackware's installer, that I am internationalizing, makes use of ISOLINUX.
>>
>> I want to give instructions to users in other languages than US English,
>> e.g. which code to type
>> to see installation messages in their native language.
>>
>> So my question are:
>>
>> (1) Which character encodings can be used in message.txt and f1.txt
>> through f1O.txt?
>> (2) Is UTF-8 allowed?
>> (3) I'm guessing that information in /codebase could be useful to answer
>> my questions but
>>      don't know how I could use it. Could you please shed some light on
>> this directory's
>>      content purpose and usage? (I'm not a programmer).
>>
>
> Now in Syslinux 5 we probably have enough infrastructure to do UTF-8
> right.  This is 2013, UTF-8 everywhere would make a lot of sense.  We
> already have to carry Unicode conversion tables to deal with VFAT.
>
> 	-hpa

Thanks. Are there any plan already to do that and/or a way to follow up
what is or will be done in that matter?