also just fyi ...if u are encoding arrays and u need the character handling, you need the extra parameter .... arrayencode(myarray,"7.0")
On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 7:15 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > On 2018-06-01 12:53, Tim Selander via use-livecode wrote: > >> Hi Mark, >> >> Here is the script. The files I'm using are >> bamboobabies.com/getjapanesetext.lc, and the text it is getting is >> bamboobabies.com/news.txt. >> >> In the script, there are two lines reading the text file that I've >> taken turns commenting out.... >> >> If you can give me any hints, it would be greatly appreciated. >> >> Tim Selander >> >> >> <?lc put header "Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8" ?> >> <!DOCTYPE HTML> >> <html> >> <head> >> <meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF8"> >> <title>workbench</title> >> </head> >> <body> >> >> <?lc >> --This line loads readable japanese text, but putting char 500 to 550 >> breaks beginning and ending kanji >> put url "http://bamboobabies.com/news.txt"; into vText >> >> --When this line is used, none of the put text is readable >> --put textDecode(url "binfile:bamboobabies.com/news.txt", "utf-8") into >> vText >> >> put line 1 of vText >> >> put "<BR><BR><BR><BR>" >> >> put char 500 to 550 of vText >> ?> >> </body> >> </html> >> > > Try this: > > <?lc set the outputTextEncoding to "utf-8" ?> > <?lc put header "Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8" ?> > <!DOCTYPE HTML> > <html> > <head> > <meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF8"> > <title>workbench</title> > </head> > <body> > <?lc > --This line loads readable japanese text, but putting char 500 to 550 > breaks beginning and ending kanji > put textDecode(url "http://bamboobabies.com/news.txt";, "utf-8") into vText > > put line 1 of vText > > put "<BR><BR><BR><BR>" > > put char 500 to 550 of vText > ?> > </body> > </html> > > The problem you are having is that your text-file is UTF-8, but the engine > doesn't know that - you need to explicit decode it into a LiveCode string > using textDecode. You can then manipulate it as chars etc. correctly with > Unicode. That solves the 'getting data into livecode in the form needed' > problem. > > The other side of the problem is the text encoding used when you do 'put'. > By default this is 'native' - by setting the outputTextEncoding at the > start, the engine will automatically encode any strings you 'put' with the > encoding specified. > > Hope this helps! > > Mark. > > -- > Mark Waddingham ~ m...@livecode.com ~ http://www.livecode.com/ > LiveCode: Everyone can create apps > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
