RFE: jdk should support the ru.ansi-1251 character encoding

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    • Type: Enhancement
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • Priority: P4
    • 1.4.0
    • Affects Version/s: 1.1.6, 1.2.0, 1.2.2, 1.3.0
    • Component/s: core-libs
    • beta2
    • sparc
    • solaris_7, solaris_8

      Steps to Repro:

      Install Russian Supplements.
      Login through ru.ansi-1251.
      Start hotjava.
      Set charset to Cyrillic Windows.
      Go to a Russian webpage which uses ru.ansi-1251 charset.
      i.e. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/russian/world/default.htm

      Bug:
      This page displays as garbage.
      JDK does not appear to support this charset for any java application.
      owen.coonan@ireland 1998-12-03

            Assignee:
            Ian Little (Inactive)
            Reporter:
            J. Duke
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