We introduced a patch today which introduces UTF8 encoding into a couple of source files, then made a policy decision to allow UTF8 string constants in 8 bit strings. So this is currently about 3 places only, nothing to worry about yet.
The only time you can be sure you have an 8 bit string is if it is not wrapped in wxT(). pcb_calculator uses some 8 bit strings. In the future we will see more as wx 2.8 fades away. You should setup your programming editors to use UTF-8 encoding in the near future. After doing that, to check your editor, try loading from source tree: pcb_calculator/transline/c_microstrip.cpp Then look at line 872. The "um" text in the patch should show the greek mu in the micron const string. Note that ASCII files pass as UTF-8 files, but not vice versa. So for a long time, and on most *.cpp files there will never be any difference. Patches will still come in as ASCII, especially from new people. Only when we have: a) in internationally recognized character, that is b) not ASCII, in a c) 8 bit string. will this ever be an issue moving forward. And until wx 2.8 goes away, it is very limited in where we can *know* we have 8 bit strings, due to the wxT() wrapper in play in wx 2.8. wxT() abstracts the bitness of the strings on different platforms and builds. Regards, Dick _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
