[cairo] [PATCH] script: More compatible with C89 and VC++.

Tor Lillqvist tml at iki.fi
Sat Jun 26 16:40:27 PDT 2010


> I think you are using the Microsoft meaning of
> "Unicode" which is really "UTF-16". I want UTF-8 as that is what everybody
> writes in files and sends over communication links.

Yes, that's what I said.

We don't live in an ideal world, though. Especially not those who
program on Windows;)

> It has to be assumed for filenames as well. One of the things you do with
> filenames is display them to the user!

Yeah but cairo itself surely doesn't maipulate filenames and display
them to the user? It's higher level code that calls cairo that needs
to make sure text passed to it is in UTF-8.

--tml


More information about the cairo mailing list