On Thu, 19 Sep 2002, Michael B. Allen wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Sep 2002 22:26:40 +0100 (BST)
> Robert de Bath <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 18 Sep 2002, Michael B. Allen wrote:
> >
> > > Perhaps encdec. The interface is a little nicer for common situations.
> > >
> > > http://freshmeat.net/projects/encdec/
> >
> > Nice, still not as 'smooth' as I'd hoped and I don't think there's any
> > support for 'character' counting as opposed to 'display cell' counting.
> The encdec package is not a "unicode conversion library". The other common
> misconception it to think it's a set of serialization primatives like XDR.
> It can be used very effectively in that way but that's incedental.
I (more or less) got this when I saw the integer conversion routines, it
has the feel of a toolbox of 'cut and paste' functions and as such it's
really the sort of thing I'm looking for. However they are all definitly
worth keeping around for the next time I get a MicroShafted file ...
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Rob. (Robert de Bath <robert$ @ debath.co.uk>)
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