Re: Locale-related questions

From	"Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Locale-related questions
Date	2015-12-10 10:40 +0100
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Hi,

Morten W. Petersen :
> need to hack a bit on terminal code

This is not only about terminals but also about any other
program or module which shall process your UTF-32 text.
You would have to set up a complete UTF-32 capable system
while everything around it expects UTF-8.

For example, in C language the byte value 0 indicates the
end of a string. UTF-32 characters out of the ASCII range
contain 75 percent of 0-bytes.
If your terminal's code is in C or uses C oriented libraries
for processing text, then you have to check and modify all
this stuff.

Compare this with the effort needed to create an interface to
the UTF-8 world by which your UTF-32 programs can communicate
with normal programs.


Have a nice day :)

Thomas

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Re: Locale-related questions Alex Vong <alexvong1995@gmail.com> - 2015-11-29 14:40 +0100
  Re: Locale-related questions "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-11-29 16:00 +0100
    Re: Locale-related questions Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2015-11-29 16:10 +0100
      Re: Locale-related questions "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-11-29 17:40 +0100
        Re: Locale-related questions "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2015-11-29 19:50 +0100
        Re: Locale-related questions Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2015-11-29 20:30 +0100
          Re: Locale-related questions "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2015-11-29 20:50 +0100
            Re: Locale-related questions Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2015-11-29 21:00 +0100
              Re: Locale-related questions Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2015-11-29 21:50 +0100
              Re: Locale-related questions "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2015-11-29 21:50 +0100
      Re: Locale-related questions "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-12-10 08:40 +0100
        Re: Locale-related questions Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2015-12-10 09:00 +0100
        Re: Locale-related questions "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2015-12-10 10:40 +0100

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