Re: Problem with GTK_LABEL in GTK2

[Olexiy Avramchenko <ath beast stu cn ua>]

Johannes Böhler wrote:

> Hallo,
>
> I have problems with LABELS in GTK2. When I use ä, ö, ü in the
> text-string, then I get a runtime-error.
>
> the code:
>
> label=gtk_label_new(NULL);
> gtk_label_set_markup (GTK_LABEL (label), "<b>Böhler</b>");
> gtk_widget_show(label);
> gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (leiste), label, FALSE, FALSE, 0);
>
> the error message:
>
> app (pid:1652): Gtk-WARNING **: Failed to set label from markup
> due to error parsing markup: Error on line 3 char 9:
> Invalid UTF-8 encoded text
>
> How do I use ä, ö, ü in GTK_LABEL?
Hello, Johannes

GTK+-2.0 uses UTF-8 encoding only. You have to convert your strings to 
UTF-8.
Consider g_locale_to_utf8(), g_convert() functions.

"gtk-doc/glib/glib-character-set-conversion.html"

Olexiy