@MySchizoBuddy technically there is no reason for it not to be in any language. If you are using using MS Windows you can install a language from the control panel and start typing any accepted unicode characters as filenames. The only unaccepted characters are the control characters and wild cards
/ \ : * ? " < > |
Some other unaccepted characters are the "Enter", "Shift", "Ctrl" and "Alt" keys. Believe it or not these are characters and not just keys on the keyboard. On Windows though the "Enter" key is translated to two characters while on the Unixes it is translated to a single character.
I sometimes use a combination such as ALT + 0233 to type "é" which is a French character without changing the whole keyboard language. I don't know if such combinations cover all languages.
@MySchizoBuddy well, on Windows you can name files in arabic normally, but I think some Hosting Services wont have arabic installed on their Servers, so I think it might cause some problems.
I just tried it now, I uploaded a .txt file with an arabic name to my website and it works fine: http://www.hassanselim.me/عربي.txt (don't expect me to leave this file there for a long time, I might remove it at any time)
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yeap on safari it loads as
http://موقع.وزارة-الاتصالات.مصر/ar/default.aspx
so not all arabic
@jpm can filenames be in arabic?
@MySchizoBuddy no idea
@MySchizoBuddy technically there is no reason for it not to be in any language. If you are using using MS Windows you can install a language from the control panel and start typing any accepted unicode characters as filenames. The only unaccepted characters are the control characters and wild cards
/ \ : * ? " < > |
Some other unaccepted characters are the "Enter", "Shift", "Ctrl" and "Alt" keys. Believe it or not these are characters and not just keys on the keyboard. On Windows though the "Enter" key is translated to two characters while on the Unixes it is translated to a single character.
I sometimes use a combination such as ALT + 0233 to type "é" which is a French character without changing the whole keyboard language. I don't know if such combinations cover all languages.
@MySchizoBuddy well, on Windows you can name files in arabic normally, but I think some Hosting Services wont have arabic installed on their Servers, so I think it might cause some problems.
I just tried it now, I uploaded a .txt file with an arabic name to my website and it works fine:
http://www.hassanselim.me/عربي.txt
(don't expect me to leave this file there for a long time, I might remove it at any time)