[Lazarus] Unicode support enabled for win32 with fpc 2.2.1 and higher

[Lee Jenkins]

Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 2:30 PM, Lee Jenkins <lee at datatrakpos.com> wrote:
>>  Won't that break Delphi compatibility in many places?  Again, my apologies as I
>>  try to grasp the concepts here.
> 
> Yes. Present and previous Delphi versions have no unicode support.
> 
> We cannot have a full cross-platform unicode support and still be 100%
> delphi compatible.
> 
> If you attein to purely ascii software, we are still delphi
> compatible. If you use other encodings, you will need to convert your
> source code to utf-8, and as a bonus you win a consistent unicode
> support.
> 

Thanks again for responde, Felipe.  I'm going to have to do some more reading up 
on Unicode.  Personally, I don't mind using utf-8, I just am still unsure as to 
what specific actions I need to take in order to be compliant.

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Warm Regards,

Lee

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