Hi Alan, that sounds like a good plan.
An alternative would be to use hexadecimal escape codes (\u...) instead of non-ASCII7 characters in the source code, but that has the drawback that you can not view the UNICODE character anymore. I will work on this - earliest commit time will be tomorrow though. Regards, Arjen On Tue, 4 Jan 2011 11:57:01 -0800 (PST) "Alan W. Irwin" <ir...@beluga.phys.uvic.ca> wrote: > On 2010-12-30 09:07+0100 Arjen Markus wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I have found an easy way to solve the UTF-8 problem, >> source -econding utf-8 (not cp1252). But it works >> only for Tcl 8.5, as the [source] command was extended >> with that option then. > > Hi Arjen: > > It appears from what you have said that Tcl 8.4 is not >really ready > for UTF-8. Thus, I don't think our Tcl-8.4 users should >expect UTF-8 > support from us so I suggest we simply ignore UTF-8 for >the Tcl-8.4 > case. As time goes by that should be less and less of a >PLplot > limitation as everybody moves to Tcl-8.5. > > So using that philosophy here is what I propose we do to >put this > issue to rest. > > 1. Please test your proposed change under Tcl-8.5 using >the > test_noninteractive target. I assume you will modify the >source > statements in examples/tcl/x2[46] and also the source >statements in > examples/tcl/standard_examples.in and > examples/tk/standard_examples.in. The >test_noninteractive target only > tests examples/tcl/x??, but if the -encoding flag for >the source > command works in that case I assume it will also work in >the > standard_examples(.in) Tcl and Tk cases (for Tcl-8.5). > > 2. Commit your changes. > > 3. Configure test_tcl.sh(.in) so it skips the unicode >examples for Tcl > versions less than 8.5. Also, configure > examples/tcl/standard_examples.in and >examples/tk/standard_examples.in > to skip the unicode examples and also drop the -encoding >flag on the > source command. I can handle all these configuration >issues. > > Alan > __________________________ > Alan W. Irwin > > Astronomical research affiliation with Department of >Physics and Astronomy, > University of Victoria (astrowww.phys.uvic.ca). > > Programming affiliations with the FreeEOS >equation-of-state implementation > for stellar interiors (freeeos.sf.net); PLplot >scientific plotting software > package (plplot.org); the libLASi project >(unifont.org/lasi); the Loads of > Linux Links project (loll.sf.net); and the Linux >Brochure Project > (lbproject.sf.net). > __________________________ > > Linux-powered Science > __________________________ > DISCLAIMER: This message is intended exclusively for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient please notify the sender immediately and destroy this message. Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. The foundation 'Stichting Deltares', which has its seat at Delft, The Netherlands, Commercial Registration Number 41146461, is not liable in any way whatsoever for consequences and/or damages resulting from the improper, incomplete and untimely dispatch, receipt and/or content of this e-mail. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn how Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) One Node allows customers to consolidate database storage, standardize their database environment, and, should the need arise, upgrade to a full multi-node Oracle RAC database without downtime or disruption http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
