Unicode inconsistency
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Unicode inconsistency
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LiveCode 8.1.8, Mac OS 10.7.5
Doing this:
put numToCodePoint(0xA8FD) displays a Jain Om in the Message box:
But doing this:
put numToCodePoint(0xA8FD) into fld "gg" does this:
Which is NBG.
LiveCode 8.1.8, Mac OS 10.7.5
Doing this:
put numToCodePoint(0xA8FD) displays a Jain Om in the Message box:
But doing this:
put numToCodePoint(0xA8FD) into fld "gg" does this:
Which is NBG.
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Re: Unicode inconsistency
anyone who wants to try the "Mac OS Lion cannot cope with parts of Unicode"
shouldn't bother.
Oh, look! Here's a Jain who's taken a vow NOT to make funny remarks about Unicode.
Last edited by richmond62 on Sat Mar 10, 2018 2:54 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Unicode inconsistency
Dunno, all that puts into my message box is a small square
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Re: Unicode inconsistency
"bogs": is that Windows?
Do you have at least one Unicode compliant font that displays the Devanagari extended glyph set?
Do you have at least one Unicode compliant font that displays the Devanagari extended glyph set?
Re: Unicode inconsistency
Windows? BITE YOUR TONGUE!
j/k, 'nix LMDE. hmmm, Devanagari eh? I'll have to go look it up...checking...checking...
Well, apparently I have some form of it, the only two I saw in the repositories are both installed already... but probably not an extended set.
j/k, 'nix LMDE. hmmm, Devanagari eh? I'll have to go look it up...checking...checking...
Well, apparently I have some form of it, the only two I saw in the repositories are both installed already... but probably not an extended set.
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Re: Unicode inconsistency
Had some lunch . . .
and tried this:
put numToCodePoint(43261) into fld "gg"
And, before you ask: 43261 is the decimal way of expressing hex A8FD
and that worked!
So, obviously LiveCode is having a problem with Hexadecimal.
and tried this:
put numToCodePoint(43261) into fld "gg"
And, before you ask: 43261 is the decimal way of expressing hex A8FD
and that worked!
So, obviously LiveCode is having a problem with Hexadecimal.
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Re: Unicode inconsistency
"nakula", "sahadeva": Hmpf: I'd be a bit careful about using fonts named after the Pandavas.
Re: Unicode inconsistency
I'd be more than a bit careful about using this stuff, so careful in fact that I have never used it. I don't generally type in languages I don't understand at least a little about, so for me that excludes all of theserichmond62 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 10, 2018 1:04 pmHmpf: I'd be a bit careful about using fonts named after the Pandavas.
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Re: Unicode inconsistency
The Pandavas went in for Polyandry: the 5 brothers shared a wife between them . . .
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and because God's sense of humour is LARGE, she ended up with 5.
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and because God's sense of humour is LARGE, she ended up with 5.
Last edited by richmond62 on Fri Aug 31, 2018 11:53 am, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Unicode inconsistency
Now that I've heard something similar about, although I forget the country, when a girl 'marries' she marries into the family. At the first birth, all of the brothers get together and decide who the 'father' is. after that, and even beyond his death, he is still the 'father' to any children born.
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Re: Unicode inconsistency
I'm not sure about that, but Tibetan Buddhists go in for polyandry.
Re: Unicode inconsistency
Will look for it later for completeness, book the article is in is upstairs.
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Re: Unicode inconsistency
HOWEVER, there is an obvious problem with LiveCode insofar as some Unicode addresses can be "pulled" using Hexadecimal, while some can only be "pulled" using Decimal.
I'm going out for a walk to the vegetable and fruit market, and will think of a reasonably sensible way to frame a bug report.
This is the fellow I buy tatties and neeps from. He normally "sets me straight" when I have a programming problem.
I'm going out for a walk to the vegetable and fruit market, and will think of a reasonably sensible way to frame a bug report.
This is the fellow I buy tatties and neeps from. He normally "sets me straight" when I have a programming problem.
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Re: Unicode inconsistency
Actually, The Unicode inconsistency goes further in LiveCode, as for instance:
Both of these (regardless of whether one uses Decimal or Hex) show up properly in the Message Box, but show up as silly squares in fields.
Both of these (regardless of whether one uses Decimal or Hex) show up properly in the Message Box, but show up as silly squares in fields.