[gtkada] problem with encoding

[jf Menon]

jf Menon wrote:

> Hello, I use gtkada under a linux system (centos) that is localized 
> with fr_FR.utf8.
> My application display text in a Gtk_Text. When the text is taken from 
> a file encoded in utf8, the display is bad in the gtk_text.
> when I type directly into the widget, the display is bad too.
> When I make a file encoded in iso88591, the display becomes good ! the 
> same result if I set the LANG=fr_FR.iso88591 and type from the keyboard :
> the gtk_text display text ok.
> It seems gtk (gtkada ?) "forces" translation from iso8859 to utf8 
> without warning ?
> When I take the utf8 file, and use Glib.convert(text, "iso88591" , 
> "utf8"), the display becomes good too. This behavior is very 
> misterious to me.
> Using a gtk_entry to enter text into the gtk_text causes problems too 
> (the display is ok in the entry, but not when copied into the gtk_text 
> !).
> The problem is even worse with the windows version of my application 
> ...("iso88591" does not work ...)
>
> I am not experienced with l10n problems, it would be nice if someone 
> could give me a clear (short ?) way to handle the problem with GtkAda ?
> Thanks,
>
> jf
>
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