[Lazarus] UTF8 RTL for Windows

[silvioprog]

On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 1:21 PM, Mattias Gaertner <nc-gaertnma at netcologne.de
> wrote:

> Hi all, especially Windows users,
>
> The development version of FPC 2.7.1 has extended Strings and many RTL
> functions now work for codepages other than the system codepage.
>
> This means Lazarus can now be compiled in two modes:
>
> 1. The old mode: LCL treats all "String" as UTF-8 encoded. When
> accessing RTL and WinAPI functions you have to use the UTF8 functions.
> For example aStringList.LoadFromFile(UTF8ToSys(Filename)) and
> FileExistsUTF8. Note that UTF8ToSys only supports characters in the
> Windows code page, while FileExistsUTF8 supports the full Unicode range.
>
> 2. The new mode: The LCL, FCL and RTL treat all "String" as UTF-8
> encoded. Most RTL file functions now work with full Unicode.
> For example FileExists and aStringList.LoadFromFile(Filename) now
> support full Unicode.
> AnsiToUTF8, UTF8ToAnsi, SysToUTF8, UTF8ToAnsi have no effect. Many
> UTF8Encode and UTF8Decode calls are no longer needed, because when
> assigning UnicodeString to String and vice versus the compiler does it
> automatically for you.
> When accessing the WinAPI you must use the W functions or use
> UTF8ToWinCP and WinCPToUTF8.
> You can enable the new mode by compiling Lazarus clean with
> -dEnableUTF8RTL.
>
> More information about the new FPC Unicode Support:
> http://wiki.freepascal.org/FPC_Unicode_support
>
> RTL functions that now support Unicode under Windows:
> http://wiki.freepascal.org/FPC_Unicode_support#RTL_changes
>
> The above links are about the default RTL with system code page.
> I want to create a Wiki page to gather all information about
> the UTF8 RTL for Lazarus users and how to adapt their code.
>
> Please test and tell what you find out.
>
>
> Mattias


The best news of the year! \o/ \o/ \o/

Thanks thanks thanks Lazarus/FPC team! (y)

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Silvio Clécio
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