Currently the engine does not do MUCH logic when comparing string in the search. You can operate on the assumption that all modules are UTF8 encoded (though I don't know if absolutely ever module is), so sending a UTF8 steam to the seach method should produce the appropriate results. In the windows engine, we have a search edit box that is used for typing in the search string. We ask that edit box for UTF8 data. If we cut from, say the Chinese Bible, and paste into the edit box, it performs the search correctly. There will be problems with the fact that some combining character may be represented as a precomposed character, but ask in the search box as a multiple combining character-- this will not match. But basicly, the answer is pass UTF8 text as the search term.
Hope this helps,
-Troy.Will Thimbleby wrote:
Hi,
Could someone explain how you can search for Chinese or other non latin scripts, programming wise using the sword library. I'm also struggling to get MacSword to find words with letters with accents like �, �. Any help would be appreciated.
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