Re: [Kidbasic-devel] Join

[Ian L. <dr...@gm...>]

All,

I believe the reason you're seeing the question marks in the output is
because Gnu Flex and Bison, which the basic256 parser is written in,
doesn't support Unicode at all.

There are no simple fixes for this, unfortunately.  Here are some possibilities:

1) Encode ALL strings in a program's source code using base64 and then
decode them prior to pushing them onto the operand stack.  This is an
ugly hack, but right now would be the path of least resistance.
2) Find a drop-in replacement for Flex and Bison that supports Unicode
3) Write a custom parser that supports Unicode.  This would be a *lot*
of work, but would be a lot of fun for someone interested in learning
compiler design.

If anyone has any other ideas, please let me know.

-Ian



On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 11:06 AM,  <web...@bi...> wrote:
> Ian,
>
> I am very glad that you have returned to the development BASIC256! I
> would just tell you about a serious problem that exists for users who
> use the Russian language. Attached - screenshot.
>
> I made a patch for version 0.9.5 which was published 12/2009 for the
> distribution of ALT Linux. Of course, this patch is not urgent, since
> you have done a lot of changes. Can I ask you to make necessary
> changes (because I have little experience) or the provision of
> Russian-speaking users - only my problem? :-)
>
>> On this list about two weeks ago we got a french translation if anyone
>> would like to add that in. If not, I'll get around to it eventually.
>
> I have a little more experience, so it's better if you did.
>
> --
> Blessing,
> Sergei Irupin
> http://rnd-lug.blogspot.com/



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