Re: Unicode files ?

Lorenzo Bettini <[email protected]> Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:17:43 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.source-highlight.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Lionel Fumery wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm new with Source-Highlight, just began a week ago in fact. It works 
> fine, but I have some understanding issues about Unicode files.
> 
> For example, create a simple text file, saved as unicode, with only the 
> word "test". If you edit this text file with an hexadecimal editor, the 
> content will be FF FE 74 00 65 00 73 00 74 00. In this sequence, FF FE  
> is the unicode marker.
> 
> When highlighting this file :
>     source-highlight test.txt --line-number
> 
> the resulting HTML file is incorrect : 
>     <pre><tt><font color="#000000">1:</font> ??t?e?s?t?</tt></pre>
> 
> As you see, the Unicode behavior is just missing.
> 
> 
> Could you please explain me if this is supported by Source-Highlight, 
> and how can I enable it ?
> 
> 
> Thank you a lot for your help!
> 

Hi Lionel

actually I never dealt with unicode character thus source-highlight 
probably does not support it...

has anybody got any idea on how adding such support to a C++ program? 
Is it just a matter of using wchar for strings?

thanks
	Lorenzo

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