On Wed, 4 Aug 2010, Paolo Ferrario wrote: > > On Tue, 3 Aug 2010, Michael Jennings wrote: > >> If answering back with a string doesn't break clients requesting a >> UTF8_STRING, I'm inclined to go that route. >> >> I don't have a problem, per se, with answering in UTF-8, but I'm not >> sure if the new UTF-8 Xlib calls are portable to non-Linux/non-Xorg >> platforms (Solaris? HP-UX? AIX?). I'd feel a lot more comfortable >> going down that road if someone who knows those other OS's can >> comment. Does anyone know if XA_UTF8_STRING and XUTF8StringStyle are >> present on any of those platforms? >> >> Paolo, would you mind updating your patch to force XA_STRING if >> XA_UTF8_STRING is not defined, and do the UTF-8 conversion if it is? >> >> Other opinions? >> >> BTW, the UTF-8-enabled Eterm is in the Eterm-0.10 branch in SVN if >> anyone wants to help test. >> >> Thanks for the patch! >> Michael > > > > You are right about the portability.. > > I've seen, in fact, a super-old Xmu/Atoms.h > [ $XConsortium: Atoms.h,v 1.3 89/12/08 12:03:56 rws Exp $ ] > without XA_UTF8_STRING, and it has XA_COMPOUND_TEXT XA_TEXT XA_STRING. > But, in this case, there is not even XmbTextListToTextProperty in > Xutil.h, or elsewhere.. > So, yes, would be good to hear someone about other OS's.. > >
Wrong consideration by me, above: There _are_ cases in which XmbTextListToTextProperty() has only, as styles: XStringStyle XCompoundTextStyle XTextStyle XStdICCTextStyle. and not XUTF8StringStyle. so, the updating of the patch makes sense. -Paolo ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the Plug-In Development Kit to bring their C/C++ apps to Palm for a share of $1 Million in cash or HP Products. Visit us here for more details: http://p.sf.net/sfu/dev2dev-palm _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
