Well converting from UTF-16 to UTF-8, if you think it must be done. On Sat, May 19, 2018 at 10:41 PM, Allin Cottrell <cottr...@wfu.edu> wrote:
> On Sat, 19 May 2018, Miroslav Rajcic wrote: > > Hi Allin, >> >> on Windows, it is advisable to use an API to get the command line >> parameters as UTF-16, so you don't lose the letters "foreign" to your code >> page. >> >> See "CommandLineToArgvW" for more info: >> > > Thanks, Miroslav, that sounds like what I need. Is there such a thing as a > standard way to hook this up with gtk_init_with_args? > > I can imagine calling GetCommandLineW, then CommandLineToArgvW, but then? > If you converted the UTF-16 strings to UTF-8, could you then pass the array > to gtk_init_with_args? > > Allin Cottrell > > > On 5/19/2018 12:06 AM, Allin Cottrell wrote: >> >>> I'm building an application using gtk-2.24.32 for use on MS Windows, and >>> have run into a problem which may be associated with my call to >>> gtk_init_with_args(). >>> >>> I wonder whether, besides handling the arguments detailed in the >>> (GOptionEntry *) argument to this function, gtk "translates" in some way >>> the remaining program arguments? If so, this can be problematic. >>> >>> Here's the case in point: a Greek Windows user, running Windows in >>> Engish, has named a Desktop subdirectory "test" in Greek (that is, >>> tau-epsilon-sigma-tau). In the Windows file manager he selects a file in >>> this subdirectory that's associated via the registry with my program and >>> double-clicks on it. What my program actually gets as a residual argument, >>> after calling gtk_init_with_args(), is the full path to this file, but with >>> the Greek-letter sequence replaced by "test" -- and therefore, of course, >>> the file cannot be opened. >>> >>> I'm not sure if it's Windows itself that is making this substitution or >>> gtk. I'd be grateful if anyone could shed any light on the matter. >>> >> _______________________________________________ > gtk-app-devel-list mailing list > gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list > _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
