Re: gtk2: utf8

[Olexiy Avramchenko <ath beast stu cn ua>]

Baris Metin wrote:

> Hi,
>
> How can I avoid using utf8 in my gtk2 apps ?
It's impossible.

> My program gives an output like this :
> [Invalid UTF-8] XÙ (at line : g_print ("%s\n", chipperText);)
>
> I know I can convert my string to utf8 but its an encrypted text and I
> will decrypt it within a few lines.
You can at least:
1) Use GLib functions: g_convert(), g_convert_with_iconv(), 
g_locale_to_utf8() to convert your string to UTF-8.
2) Use GNU gettext in your application (the best way, as I see).
3) Use 'iconv' program to convert all sources from your encoding to UTF-8.

Olexiy