Fraser Gordon <fraser.gordon@...> writes: > In LiveCode 7.0, all text is Unicode and there is no such thing as "non-Unicode text". There are ways to > convert text to and from legacy 8-bit encodings (like MacRoman) when doing I/O to > files/sockets/processes/etc but (in the engine at least) all text is Unicode.
Um. put unidecode("hello bucko") converts the text to 敨汬Ɐ戠捵潫. (I'm hoping that makes it through the various email filters)... in case it doesn't,, it's Kanji with an upside-down A in the middle. Running it through Google presented me with <http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-TW&u=http://www.worldcat.org/wcpa/servlet/DCARead%3FstandardNo%3D0142437174%26standardNoType%3D1%26excerpt%3Dtrue>, which has the interesting Copyright @ 2002 Mark Twain - I assume the rumors of his death are once again exagerated. -- Mark Wieder ahsoftw...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode