Chinese Simplified - How many bytes
Hi, I browsed through the ICU library and it looks similar to gettext library which GNU provides, with more functionality added. But we are developing our product on QT which has its own translations. So I dont want to use another library for translations. Also there is a class QString which says its takes care of byte issues. Basically it is overloaded and acts accordingly for two byte Unicode char set. Also it states that QString supports Chinese(simplified). Am not getting how he says that two bytes can support Chinese simplified. Is it true that, to represent Chinese simplified programmatically,two bytes will do. regards duraivel
Re: Chinese Simplified - How many bytes
Jul 6, 2004 3:10 AM Duraivel Hi, I browsed through the ICU library and it looks similar to gettext library which GNU provides, with more functionality added. But we are developing our product on QT which has its own translations. So I dont want to use another library for translations. Also there is a class QString which says its takes care of byte issues. Basically it is overloaded and acts accordingly for two byte Unicode char set. Also it states that QString supports Chinese(simplified). Am not getting how he says that two bytes can support Chinese simplified. Is it true that, to represent Chinese simplified programmatically, two bytes will do. Unicode in the UTF-16 encoding will cover almost all the simplified Chinese characters people use today in two bytes. There are the occasional exceptions which will require four bytes. John H. Jenkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://homepage.mac.com/jhjenkins/
Re: Chinese Simplified - How many bytes
Duraivel wrote: Hi, I browsed through the ICU library and it looks similar to gettext library which GNU provides, with more functionality added. But _Much_ more functionality than gettext... http://oss.software.ibm.com/icu/ we are developing our product on QT which has its own translations. So I dont want to use another library for translations. Also there is a class Translations? You mean locale data? While you can use ICU resource bundles for the localization/translation of your application, it does also carry locale data with language/region/culture-specific values and patterns and also names of related things (like months and currencies). ICU currently carries CLDR 1.1 data: http://www.unicode.org/cldr/ You may not need both Qt and ICU - which one you need will depend on your environment and which functions you need, what level of standards support, etc. QString which says its takes care of byte issues. Basically it is overloaded and acts accordingly for two byte Unicode char set. Also it states that QString supports Chinese(simplified). Am not getting how he says that two bytes can support Chinese simplified. Is it true that, to represent Chinese simplified programmatically, two bytes will do. John answered this. Also, for example: http://oss.software.ibm.com/icu/docs/papers/forms_of_unicode/ ICU User Guide: http://oss.software.ibm.com/icu/userguide/ Best regards, markus
