[fpc-devel] utf8 reading

[C Western]

Florian Klaempfl wrote:

> C Western wrote:
>
>> Can I offer the attached patch for reading utf8 strings from resource 
>> files? It simply converts the utf string to a normal string by 
>> discarding the high bits, 
>
>
> What would be the correct solution?

I am showing my ignorance of multi byte characater handling here, but I 
think it would be to write an escaped sequence as is currently done for 
wide strings. I don't think the current OutChars function is quite up to 
it, as utf8 characters can be 32 bits?
Colin