On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, Christoph Egger wrote:
> What I want to say is:
>
> Use routines with 32bit-wide chars (signed long) for extensibility and
> flexibility.
>
> Use US-ASCII-chars as _default_, unless the user sets the charset s/he wanna
> use.
>
>
> For example, you have in the <ggi/gft.h> something like this:
> -----------------------------------------------------
> ...
>
> enum {
> GFT_US_ASCII, /* 7-bit font */
> GFT_IBM_ASCII, /* 8-bit font */
> GFT_UNICODE,
> GFT_LATIN1,
> GFT_LATIN2,
> ...
>
> GFT_LAST_FONT
> } charset_t;
>
>
> /* Sets the charset. You can also change the current
> * charset during runtime.
> * It fails, if it isn't supported by the used target/font-type
> * and falls back to the one used before.
> */
> int gftSetCharset(enum charset_t charset);
>
>
> /* Returns the current charset. It returns GFT_US_ASCII as default,
> * when no charset is set before.
> */
> int gftGetCharset(enum charset_t *charset);
>
OK this is already an option to the the user through the freetype call
FT_Select_Charmap(font, map);
Calls to gftPrintCode(vis, font, code) would then map using the desired code.
I still feel obligated to keep the PrintChar functions because of their
simplicity and are what somebody would intuitively look for. Blindly using
these routines should get you the "right" result.
I think we're all on the same page here. I like your comments and I take them
all seriously. It's more fun that way.
--
Lee Brown Jr.
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