ansi vs. unicode

wxPython Users
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I am all for a unicode build, but there is a but

The StyledTextCtrl does not work for European users,
more exactly for every user, who is using chars which
are represented by more than one byte in the utf-8 encoding.

for example: <stc>.GetLength('éléphant') -> 10

Jean-Michel Fauth, Switzerland.

2

Underlying the StyledTextCtrl is the Scintilla edit control. As per
Scintilla specs, all characters are stored in utf-8. It takes work to
handle using the STC with regards to unicode characters, and even \r\n
line endings. It does work, though perhaps not like you (or many others)
expect.

- Josiah

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jmf <jfauth@bluewin.ch> wrote:

I am all for a unicode build, but there is a but

The StyledTextCtrl does not work for European users,
more exactly for every user, who is using chars which
are represented by more than one byte in the utf-8 encoding.

for example: <stc>.GetLength('éléphant') -> 10