Mike Nordell wrote:
>
> Andrew Dunbar wrote:
> >
> > Another thing to keep in mind is whether some iconvs might not
> > have support for UCS-2 or UTF-32. But we can always roll our own.
>
> I just came to think of some other possible obstacles: output.
>
> Win32 can only handle up to 16-bit Unicode as output (on the API level), I
> don't know if it handles tagged/shifted output >= 2^16. What about the other
> supported platforms (X, Photon, BeOS, ...)?
That's not correct. Windows can now handle the full Unicode 3.1
On Win2k you have to set a couple of registry flags. On other OSes
I believe there's a patch or a new dll.
> Do TrueType allow chars >= 2^16? Type1?
Yes they do.
> Stuff like that. Perhaps it wasn't a too bright idea I got after all. :-)
And the platforms that don't have it yet will have it soon.
Search for a font "Code 2001" on the internet - it has non BMP1
characters, instructions, and demo files.
Andrew Dunbar.
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