Re: [Gaim-i18n] Re: Translatable strftime() format strings?

[Bjoern V. <bj...@cs...>]

Richard Laager <rl...@wi...> wrote:

> On a related note... What charset does gettext() return strings in? The
> man page says :
>
> RETURN VALUE
>       If a translation was found in one of the specified catalogs, it
> is converted to the locale=FF=FFs codeset and returned.

Yes, gettext always returns UTF-8 within Gaim. There is the following
line

 =09bind_textdomain_codeset(PACKAGE, "UTF-8");

in src/gtkmain.c. bind_textdomain_codeset() specifies the output codeset
for gettext.

> I ask because we shouldn't be passing UTF-8 to strftime(). So, if
> gettext() returns UTF-8 in non-UTF-8 locales, then I need to convert it
> in gaim_utf8_strftime(). However, if gettext() does behave as the man
> page suggests, doesn't that cause problems with GTK+?

Why not? If I understood Ambrose Li right, he needs some special UTF-8
chars in Chinese date/time strings.

I tested strftime() with UTF-8 chars in date/time format strings with
Linux (SuSE Linux 10.x) and Solaris 5.9. I believe, that other systems
also can pass UTF-8 into strftime(). I attached a small test file for
this.

I also do not see a solution in converting the UTF-8 date/time string
before passing into strftime(). Since the UTF-8 chars are needed (for
instance in Chinese), you had to convert the charset twice:
1) UTF-8 (gettext-output) to ASCII (strftime-input)
2) ASCII to UTF-8 (strftime-out) to GTK+

Greetings, Bj=F6rn