charset encoding decoding with textEncode / textDecode

[godot]

Hi;

On a mac 10.11.2, with livecode 7.1.1, I have problems with certain character encodings...
First of all, I can't use textEncode or textDecode for the CP-1252 charset. If I try :

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put textencode("test","CP1252")

I get :
"Message execution error:
Error description: textEncode: could not encode text"
Can somebody confirm that this option is not available ? Does someone know why (it's not what the dictionary says) ? Is it only working on windows maybe ?

Also, there is something I don't understand :
How come the function textEncode() & textDecode() don't take "ISO-8859-1" as encoding option except on Linux OS (see the dictionary entry of both functions) even though if you combine the function IsoToMac() and texteDecode, I can produce the exact same result.

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 put textDecode(isoToMac(texte),"MacRoman") 

Shouldn't Livecode implement this option on mac as it can do it ?

Thanks for any help,
Godot

[FredBeck]

Native encodings are only available on the respective platforms, as written in the release notes here (page 15)
http://downloads.livecode.com/livecode/ ... -7_0_0.pdf
Its true that the dictionary is slightly incomplete here...
Fred.

[godot]

Thanks for the answer Fred ! It explains both why I couldn't work with windows-1252 & what is the policy of Livecode with TextEncode/TextDecode : they only allow traslation between any unicode (utf-8, 16...) and "native" charset encoding.
How could I know if it is in the plan of Livecode to improve the options available ? I mean, it is supposed to be cross-plateform, isn't it ?