[Pnet-developers] Re: [bug #14368] X lib doesn't display Unicode characters like ∞ (u221e)

[mboss]

On Friday 02 September 2005 09:58, Peter Flaig wrote:
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>                  Summary: X lib doesn't display Unicode characters like ∞
> (\u221e)
>                  Project: DotGNU Portable.NET
>             Submitted by: fliege
>             Submitted on: Fr 02.09.2005 um 07:58
>                 Category: None
>                 Severity: 3 - Normal
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>                  Privacy: Public
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>              Open/Closed: Open
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> Details:
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> Unicode characters like ∞ aren't displayed in any Windows Forms.
on my Linux box most unicode chars are displayed, some are not.
BTW, the test case Form1  you supplied works!
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> The string is not marshalled correct from Xlib.XSharpDrawStringXft() to the
> C function in XsharpSupport.
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> The string is converted to ANSI and the ∞ is lost.
I do not agree on this;
if you look into XsharpSupport.c, lines 525 and following,
things work correct .

My guess is that the X font used is not complete.



 mboss


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