Re: [gtk-list] Whence GdkWChar

[Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>]

Derek Simkowiak <dereks@kd-dev.com> writes:

> 	I'm curious: why are wide characters (GdkWChar) part of Gdk, and
> not part of Glib?  I'd have expected it to be GWChar (or some such thing).

GdkWChar is a temporary hack for interfacing with the way X renders
fonts. It will be replaced in GTK+-1.4 with GUChar, which is specified
to be a 32 bits wide iso10646 character.

Regards,
                                        Owen