I think I'm doing this wrong. This seems to work, too.
on mouseup
put empty into field 1
put numToCodepoint(0x2200) into x
put numToCodepoint(0x1040F) & "V-" into y
put merge(" é{ [[x]] }é [[y]]") into field 1
end mouseup
> On Sep 9, 2019, at 10:25 PM, dsc--- via use-livecode
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> And this, too, looks OK to me.
>
> on mouseup
> put empty into field 1
> put "A" into field 1
> get numToCodepoint(0x2200) & numToCodepoint(0x1040F) & "V-"
> set the metadata of char 1 of field 1 to it
> put the metadata of char 1 of field 1 after field 1
> end mouseup
>
> I guess the problem is in the merge as you thought.
>
> I did notice in the dictionary that setting the metadata of a line is not the
> same as setting the metadata of all of the characters of the line.
>
> Dar Scott
>
>
>> On Sep 9, 2019, at 8:58 PM, Dar Scott Consulting via use-livecode
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> This quick check seems to work for me.
>>
>> on mouseup
>>
>> put "A" into field 1
>>
>> set the metadata of char 1 of field 1 to "é"
>>
>> put the metadata of char 1 of field 1 after field 1
>>
>> end mouseup
>>
>>
>>> On Sep 9, 2019, at 8:32 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Well, I've made some changes to the code since I started urlEncoding the
>>> text before merging so I'll check that again. Paul is right that unicode in
>>> htmltext needs to be in hex, but the numbers I'm getting back are very high
>>> (8,000+) and render in the field as strange pictographs. Elsewhere where
>>> there is no merge, curly quotes translate to the named quote or apostrophe
>>> entities and are correct.
>>>
>>> By metadata I mean the LC term (see the dictionary) that allows you to
>>> attach some text to a field text chunk. The metadata isn't displayed in the
>>> field but you can use it for anything you want. In my case the field is a
>>> list of clickable entries in a table of contents, each with its own
>>> metadata attached that provides a path to the stack and card the entry
>>> needs to open.
>>>
>>> When I use normal LC text as metadata, diacriticals aren't rendered
>>> correctly (curly quotes become question marks,) the path is therefore
>>> incorrect and the click goes nowhere.
>>>
>>> Since LC is supposed to be unicode throughout, I'd expect metadata to be
>>> compatible. The same text appears correctly when not used as metadata.
>>> --
>>> Jacqueline Landman Gay | [email protected]
>>> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
>>> On September 9, 2019 7:25:28 PM Dar Scott Consulting via use-livecode
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think you are trying to think too much about the LC implementation of
>>>> text. Maybe.
>>>>
>>>> Text in LC is an abstraction of a sequence of code points. Whether it is
>>>> UTF16 or not is hidden to me. (mostly)
>>>>
>>>> So,
>>>>
>>>> get textDecode( binaryFromServer, "UTF-8" )
>>>>
>>>> should put that into the correct form, if it is really UTF-8.
>>>>
>>>> A data (binary bytes) is interpreted as native encoding if one tries to
>>>> use it as text. I recommend against this. I try to always textDecode()
>>>> everything coming in, but I make exceptions at times for ASCII.
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure what you mean by metadata. Are you referring to HTTP
>>>> content-type?
>>>>
>>>> Sorry, if I am off on a bunny trail...
>>>>
>>>> Dar
>>>>
>>>>> On Sep 9, 2019, at 4:38 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> It's UTF8 text from a server, which I textDecode to UTF16. When I use the
>>>>> UTF16 text in a merge, diacriticals and/or curly quotes get mangled.
>>>>> (Same with setting metadata on field text too.)
>>>>>
>>>>> On 9/9/19 4:16 PM, Dar Scott Consulting via use-livecode wrote:
>>>>>> I'm not sure I understand.
>>>>>> Do you mean "encoded to UTF-16"? In that case you should decode that to
>>>>>> convert it to internal text. And then try merge. (Which still might have
>>>>>> problems, I suppose.)
>>>>>>> On Sep 9, 2019, at 12:08 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It seems that the merge command doesn't respect unicode. Does anyone
>>>>>>> have a workaround? The text I'm inserting is already decoded to UTF16.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Jacqueline Landman Gay | [email protected]
>>>>>>> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
>>>>>>>
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