OpenEuphoria

Re: Unicode Euphoria?

• Posted by Bernie Ryan <xotron at bluefrog.com> Apr 23, 2007
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Aku wrote:
> 
> Since now Euphoria is already open source, is there any plan to make
> Eu 100% unicode compatible?
> 
> In my mind, looks like we can make Eu unicode enabled by doing 
> the following:
> 
> 1. replace built-in functions open(), dir(), puts() and so on 
> with the unicode equivalent e.g. override open() with own function 
> such as calling the win32 API  (forget dos and linux, no real 
> unicode support)
> 
> 2. unfortunately we can't override built-in library functions (like get.e)
> as easy as built-in functions, so the std lib files need to be modified
> (e.g. get_bytes)
> 
> 3. edit optional libraries like win32lib to use the unicode version 
> of the win32 API
> 
> which means we do not need to edit Eu interpreter/compiler source
> code at all.
> 
> Is that correct?
> 
> Anyone interested in having Eu support unicode?

Hi Aku

UNICODE procedures/functions are a part of windows already.

All you need to due is wrap the procedures/functions that you want to use.

All unicode procedures/functions names end with a "W".

Bernie

My files in archive:
WMOTOR, XMOTOR, W32ENGIN, MIXEDLIB, EU_ENGIN, WIN32ERU, WIN32API 

Can be downloaded here:
http://www.rapideuphoria.com/cgi-bin/asearch.exu?dos=on&win=on&lnx=on&gen=on&keywords=bernie+ryan