Re: Windows XP support

2016-08-17 15:50 GMT-03:00 BenoitRen <[email protected]>:

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> Ryan C. Gordon wrote:
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> NT-based OSes like Windows XP had guaranteed Unicode support, which meant
> we didn't need two codepaths through everything or any understanding of
> what a "codepage" is, which simplifies our work immensely
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> Every time Win9x support is dropped, this is one of the reasons mentioned.
> It's as if open source developers are parroting it from each other. I don't
> buy it, because SDL wouldn't be the first project to need Unicode support
> across Win9x and WinNT. Mozilla has done it for ages in their software, a
> Unicode layer library by Microsoft exists, and an open-source variant of
> said library exists as well. That's several compatibility layers you can
> reuse in one way or another. Yet people act like those don't exist.
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So what I hear is that you are volunteering to add support back for Win9x
using any these libraries and maintain it for free forever?

Gabriel.

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