Re: [xml] Read&Write Files with unicode/UTF-16 names (on Windows) (was: RE: Read tree from FILE* ?)

[Rob Richards <rrichards ctindustries net>]

Trappel Martin wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rob Richards [mailto:rrichards ctindustries net] 
> > Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 2:23 PM
> > To: Trappel Martin
> > Cc: xml gnome org
> > Subject: Re: [xml] Read&Write Files with unicode/UTF-16 names 
> > (on Windows) (was: RE: Read tree from FILE* ?)
> >
> > Trappel Martin wrote:
> >     
> > > Still, allow me to phrase two questions:
> > > * Is there an opposite to xmlReadIO, something like xmlWriteIO ?
> > >   
> > >       
> > maybe xmlSaveToIO
> >     
> > > * Is anyone using the xmlRegisterInputCallbacks(..) to open 
> > >       
> > files with 
> >     
> > > wide character names? (It seems to me this would require some 
> > > additional wrapping, since the callback functions get char* for the 
> > > file URL. So I'd first had to encode the wchar_t filename 
> > >       
> > to utf8 and 
> >     
> > > the, in the callback, decode it again.)
> > >   
> > >       
> > You should encode the filenames to UTF-8 before passing them. 
> > Unless you have any other requirements, you shouldn't need 
> > custom I/O handlers. As of 2.6.24, under windows, the io 
> > handlers will first attempt to convert the path from utf-8 to 
> > wide chars and use the _wxxxx functions to stat and open. If 
> > you need to support prior versions, you can always use the 
> > code within xmlIO.c to write your own handlers.
> >
> >     
>
> Thanks a lot! This is fantabulous news :-)
>
> ( Is this mentioned anywhere in the docs? Did I look in the wrong places for
> this info? )
>   
I really don't know if it was added to the docs. Just remember this had
been brought up sometime last year and checked the release info:
http://xmlsoft.org/news.html.

Rob