Re: UTF8 strings - internationalization

[Peeter Vois <Peeter Vois mail ee>]

Hi,

I had the same problem for Estonian language and the problem is that the string you are using is not an UTF8 
string. In UTF8 üõäöšžßß are 2 byte characters while szabc... are 1 byte characters. You probably have all 1 
byte characters. GTK2 wants to see UTF8 strings. I used solution where I will write all strings initially in 
English and will use gettext for Estonian translation. It should also work if you write the source code with 
some UTF8 supporting editor.

Best Regards.

> I modified a simple Programm to put out some german umlauts. But
> everytime this warnings apears:
> ** (label:2876): WARNING **: Invalid UTF8 string passed to
> pango_layout_set_text()
>
> This works:
> label = gtk_label_new ("This is a Normal label");
>
> This doesn't work:
> frame = gtk_frame_new ("Normal Label, mit Äs Üs ös und buckeleßßes");
>
> I hope your newsreader show the german umlauts ;-)
>
> What could I do to put out the german umlauts?
>
> Does someone have a link to a tutorial how to internationalize gtk2-apps
> with gettext. I downloaded the gettext manual, but it's big. I search a
> small tutorial for beginners.
>
> Thanks
> Andreas


      Peeter Vois
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