[ros-kernel] Re: Unicode Library

[James T. <jim...@ad...>]

Eric Kohl wrote:
> 
> "Aliberti Emanuele" <ea...@io...> wrote:
> 
> >
> > >I finished porting unicode over to ROS. It's about 800 kbytes+ zipped.
> So,
> >
> > What is the "unicode library"?
> >
> I guess he is talking about the ansi/oem<->unicode conversion tables from
> Wine.
> 
> I'm not sure if we should use it as a dll. The main problem is that the
> conversion tables must be accessible from kernel *and* user mode. Loading
> them as a kernel mode driver will not allow us to use non-default code-page
> tables in user mode. Loading them as a dll does not allow us to use them in
> kernel mode.
> 
> IIRC, WinNT loads the default code-page tables (oem-unicode, ansi-unicode
> and unicode case-table) into a named memory section (use winobj to see them)
> and maps a view into every process. The code-page tables can also be loaded
> separately by MultiByteToWideChar() and WideCharToMultiByte(), at least I
> think they do so.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Eric Kohl
> 
Hi,
You think I should just make a bin file or what? Put on hold?
James

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