Re: [STUMP] Patch: Non ASCII Chars in Messages

[Shawn Betts]

David Hansen <address@hidden> writes:

> First of all:  I don't fully understand what I have done but
> this works for me.  I can even
>
> (echo-string (current-screen) "∫dϕ = 2π")
>
> This is tested on sbcl with unicode support enabled.  The key
> point is the translate function.  CLX translate function works
> only for ASCII chars.  The one i wrote /should/ work with
> arbitrary encodings as long as the lisp implementation and the
> used font use the same encoding.  But again, only tested with
> SBCL.
>
> Well, i think it will only work with the first 2¹⁶ Unicode
> characters but that seems to be a xlib limitation.
>
> Can someone with a Latin-1 Lisp please check if the :size 16
> key for `xlib:draw-image-glyphs' in `echo-string-list' is
> doing anything bad?

Hi David,

I stuck your patch in CVS. It has stopped the #\xyz_char not of type
base-char errors, so that's good :).

When it comes to i18n I'm a bit overwhelmed and undermotivated, so if
anyone still has i18n problems please nag me...

-Shawn