Re: [Gaim-devel] [David@dindinx.org: new patch (go on with gtk2 widgets)]

[Ethan B. <ebl...@cs...>]

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Kang Jeong-Hee spake unto us the following wisdom:
> 1. gtkimhtml.c's conversion code is trouble maker.
> the text of gtk_imhtml_append_text() may be UTF-8 already.
> so g_locale_to_utf8() return garbage and append_text() fail.

Yes, we are aware of this.  I have some plans for character set
conversion that will hopefully fix this in many cases.

> 2. the text I typed in may be non-UTF-8.
> so gtkimhtml show me empty or broken characters for my text.
> but received text is always ok to display.

Once the input is fully converted to gtk2 widgets, this should no
longer be a problem.  Let us know if, after the new code is in place,
you still have problems.

> 3. nick is broken.
> with kmerline remote, the birdy told me my nick is broken, while
> sent mesg is ok. his nick is no problem for me, and his text is
> also clear for me.

What protocol?  If it is MSN or Jabber, this probably just means that
the nick input widget is not UTF-8.  This will also be fixed.  :-)

Ethan

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