Re: GTK2: Character conversion problem...

[Scott Barron <sb125499 ohiou edu>]

On Sat, Jul 27, 2002 at 07:40:30PM +0200, Janus N. Tøndering wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am reading a file from disk and I add it to a GtkTextBuffer. If the
> file I am loading is containing some special characters like some danish
> characters GtkTextBuffer fails with gtk_utf8_validate.
>
> How can I convert the data read from disk to utf8 ?? I could not find
> the answer in the API docs.
>
> Regards,
> Janus N. Tøndering
>
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> Janus Nørgaard Tøndering      
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Hi,

Try using g_locale_to_utf8() to convert it.  This question has popped up
several times recently, is it or should it be in a FAQ somewhere?

-Scott

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