Re: [gtkmm] Problem with g_io_channel_read_chars

[Daniel Elstner <daniel elstner gmx net>]

Am Fre, 2002-06-07 um 17.23 schrieb Sven Neumann:
> 
> "Andrew E. Makeev" <andrew solvo ru> writes:
> 
> > 1. where is described which encodings are legal to use in Glib::convert?
> 
> iconv --list gives you a list of known encodings. Note that this list
> is not guaranteed to be the same everywhere (depends on the version of
> iconv). The common encodings should however be available everywhere.
> 
> > 2. how to determine what is current encoding for your connection, or
> > where it's derived from?
> 
> read the GLib API reference.

I doubt this is mentioned in the GLib API reference.  Without explicit
charset handling the protocol, you're basically fucked.  Hmm.  I might
be missing something, dunno.

> > 3. if I used g_locale_to_utf8(), should I remove ptr, that it has
> > returned, with g_free()?
> 
> read the GLib API reference.

Or just use Glib::locale_to_utf8() instead.

--Daniel