Re: g_locale_to_utf8() chokes on 'ö'

[Chris Martin <c martin sheffield ac uk>]

> > > > > On Wed, 25 Sep 2002 14:24:25 -0400 (EDT), Owen Taylor
 <otaylor redhat com> said:

Owen> Why not use?
Owen> result = g_convert (string, -1, "UTF-8", "ISO-8859-1", NULL, NULL, NULL);
Owen> (result will be NULL if conversion failed; pass in &error for
Owen> the last argument if you want a string for the reason for
Owen> failure.)

Thanks, I didn't realize it was that easy to use -- I tried iconv
which it calls but it couldn't get it to work (got something wrong, I
expect).

This routine is easier to use than the other as it allocates the
destination string.

Thanks again.