Re: utf-16 and glib

[Maciej Piechotka <uzytkownik2 gmail com>]

On Mon, 2009-01-26 at 23:01 +0100, Martin (OPENGeoMap) wrote:
> Maciej Piechotka escribiÃ:
> > On Mon, 2009-01-26 at 22:49 +0100, Martin (OPENGeoMap) wrote:
> >   
> > > Maciej Piechotka escribiÃ:
> > >     
> > > > On Mon, 2009-01-26 at 22:30 +0100, Martin (OPENGeoMap) wrote:
> > > >   
> > > >       
> > > > > hi:
> > > > >     
> > > > >         
> > > > > > >     
> > > > > > >         
> > > > > > >             
> > > > > > Well - what do you mean? Having 2 functions - one reciving utf-16 and
> > > > > > one utf-8? To be honest - it doesn't make any sense to me (it would
> > > > > > create much mess, double the code, make programming errors easier...).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Converting? What's wrong with g_utf16_to_utf8?
> > > > > >   
> > > > > >       
> > > > > >           
> > > > > I was talking about a full utf16 and utf8 api in glib and use a macro to 
> > > > > work work intermediate string:
> > > > >
> > > > > For example in windows they have this types:
> > > > > LPSTR =char *
> > > > >     
> > > > >         
> > > > char * is used for utf-8 AFAIR
> > > >
> > > >   
> > > >       
> > > > > LPWSTR= utf16windowschar *
> > > > >
> > > > >     
> > > > >         
> > > > gunichar2
> > > >
> > > >   
> > > >       
> > > > > perhaps in glib we could have utf16 and utf8 in that way or am i wrong?
> > > > >
> > > > >     
> > > > >         
> > > > I'm not glib developer. As far as the module of operating on utf-16
> > > > strings is proposed I'm not against. However I would prefere to not have
> > > > 2 entries to each function.
> > > >   
> > > >       
> > > Hi:
> > >
> > > What is wrong with:
> > > gchar*  g_utf8_strncpy  (gchar *dest,const gchar *src,gsize n);
> > >     
> >
> > That's one not needed as strncpy should work.
> >   
> hehe i know but that function it really exist:
> http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/unstable/glib-Unicode-Manipulation.html#g-utf8-strncpy

My error.

Regards