Re: [Kidbasic-devel] Join

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

For the sake of simplicity, why don't you just have your U* functions
just replace the default?  For ASCII strings they should do the same
thing as the regular ones.

-Ian

On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 12:45 PM, james reneau <ji...@re...> wrote:
> Guys,
>
> I have gotten the save and load to work with UTF8 and I am adding string
> functions to handle unicode (ULENGTH, USEQ,
UCHR, UMUD, ULEFT, URIGHT,
> UINSTR) and should have them committed later today.
>
> Jim
>
> On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 5:39 PM, Ian Larsen <dr...@gm...> wrote:
>>
>> Here's a screenshot of the result.
>>
>> On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 5:34 PM, Ian Larsen <dr...@gm...> wrote:
>> > It's even simpler than that.  You just have to change most of the
>> > QString::toAscii calls to QString::toUtf8.
>> >
>> > My changes are committed.  I've tried to test everything I could but
>> > more extensive testing would ensure I've got everything.  If you see
>> > question marks instead of extended characters anywhere, please let me
>> > know.
>> >
>> > -Ian
>> >
>> > On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 4:57 PM, james reneau <ji...@re...> wrote:
>> >> Ian,
>> >>
>> >> That was my thought, too.  I was going to email you to see if we could
>> >> change all the char* stuff in the stack and interpreter to QStrings?
>> >>
>> >> Looking forward to your commit.
>> >>
>> >> Jim
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 9:59 PM, Ian Larsen <dr...@gm...> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> 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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