X-Git-Url: https://wimlib.net/git/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fimagex.1.in;h=9662b0a0ad00484f41b7b53bba2f81f9bc53f177;hb=237947e198385359a0c618b664d73bf4db36c405;hp=bcd15ce8ac4b299b13abec0f4cb96567c680c856;hpb=232c381f9f3ab814258aa8e2380f537498a50905;p=wimlib diff --git a/doc/imagex.1.in b/doc/imagex.1.in index bcd15ce8..9662b0a0 100644 --- a/doc/imagex.1.in +++ b/doc/imagex.1.in @@ -108,22 +108,22 @@ same bugs in wimlib, although in some cases I have had to work around bugs for compatibility purposes. .IP \[bu] -wimlib's \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@\fR offers the extra command \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ optimize\fR, +\fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@\fR offers the extra command \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ optimize\fR, which lets you easily remove wasted space in a WIM (which can arise after a WIM image is appended or mounted read-write). .IP \[bu] -wimlib's \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@\fR also offers the command \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ join\fR, which lets you +\fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@\fR also offers the command \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ join\fR, which lets you easily join the parts of a split WIM. .IP \[bu] -wimlib's \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ apply\fR supports keeping files hard-linked or symlinked +\fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ apply\fR supports keeping files hard-linked or symlinked across WIM images when extracted from a WIM. So you can, for example, extract different versions of Windows from an install.wim without using much extra space. (Note: this functionality is only available in UNIX builds of wimlib.) .IP \[bu] -wimlib's \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ capture\fR supports combining multiple separate directories +\fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ capture\fR supports combining multiple separate directories and files together in a configurable way to create a WIM image. .IP \[bu] @@ -134,35 +134,28 @@ wimlib supports multithreaded compression, which can make it much faster to create compressed WIM files. .IP \[bu] -wimlib's \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ capture\fR supports a special mode where UNIX file modes, +\fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ capture\fR supports a special mode where UNIX file modes, owners, and groups are stored. (Note: this functionality is only available on UNIX builds.) .IP \[bu] -wimlib's \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ mount\fR and \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ mountrw\fR are much faster than +\fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ mount\fR and \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ mountrw\fR are much faster than Microsoft's versions for some reason. I don't know what they have their program do that takes so long to simply set up a mountpoint. (Note: this functionality is only available on UNIX builds.) .IP \[bu] -wimlib's \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ mount\fR supports mounting an image from a split WIM, but +\fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ mount\fR supports mounting an image from a split WIM, but Microsoft's software does not. (Note: this functionality is only available on UNIX builds.) .SH LOCALES AND CHARACTER ENCODINGS -wimlib 1.3.0 has improved support for alternate character encodings. -However, not everything has been well tested, and on UNIX you are strongly -encouraged to use a UTF-8 locale so that you do not run into any problems. -In particular, if your locale uses a character encoding that is -not UTF-8, then you will not be able to open or capture WIM files containing -files with paths not representable in the current locale's character encoding. - -Similar restrictions apply to the Windows-native build of wimlib, but -unfortunately Windows does not support UTF-8 locales. So you will not be able -to apply a WIM image containing files with names not representable in the -current Windows code page, nor will you be able to capture a directory tree -containing files with names not representable in the current Windows code page. +On Windows, wimlib 1.3.2 and later works in UTF-16LE, and there should be no +problems with character encodings. + +On UNIX, wimlib works primarily in the locale-dependent multibyte encoding, +which you are strongly recommended to set to UTF-8 to avoid any problems. .SH WARNING