Re: [Kidbasic-devel] Join

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

All,

I was wrong about Flex; it handles Utf8 just fine.  The problem was
with the way QStrings were being converted.  I have a working version
that I'm going to test some more and commit tomorrow.

-Ian

On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 5:53 PM, Ian Larsen <dr...@gm...> wrote:
> 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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