No, no. There might be a default encoder problem for the Linux VM, I don't know, it is not my main platform. If so, it might be better to default to UTF-8.
Just check this page: http://zn.stfx.eu/unicode copy any part of the page and inspect Clipboard clipboardText asString I can see the correct unicode character value (not necessarily the right character, but that is a font problem). Copying any Unicode character works, AFAIK. The original problem with the script on https://www.facebook.com/ObjectProfile/posts/742756179144315 is not the a Unicode problem as such. The strange characters seem to be part of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode_control_characters more specifically they are a couple of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi-directional_text control characters (like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-to-right_mark). I am not sure what they do there. It seems that other programs receiving this clipboard contents somehow filter them out. Maybe all 'control' characters have to be removed. Anybody knows about/understands this stuff ? > On 06 Dec 2014, at 18:44, kilon alios <[email protected]> wrote: > > If its a known issue with a known solution why is not default like this ? > > On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 6:48 PM, Peter Uhnák <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have experienced similar problems on UBUNTU but in that OS the problem > > exist when copying from Chrome it does not exist when copying from Firefox. > > Because the default encoding of Pharo VM for Unix is not unicode. If you set > it manually (--textenc UTF-8) it should work even with Chrome. > > > Peter >
