Re: [fpc-devel] Unicode RTL for FPC

2023-01-07 Thread Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-devel
On Sun, 8 Jan 2023, Mattias Gaertner via fpc-devel wrote: On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 18:05:43 +0100 (CET) Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-devel wrote: [...] - to create a Unicode RTL, in the rtl directory do a make clean all SUB_TARGET=unicodertl PP=path/to/the/new/compiler - if that worked, you can

Re: [fpc-devel] Unicode RTL for FPC

2023-01-07 Thread Mattias Gaertner via fpc-devel
On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 18:05:43 +0100 (CET) Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-devel wrote: >[...] > - to create a Unicode RTL, in the rtl directory do a > > make clean all SUB_TARGET=unicodertl PP=path/to/the/new/compiler > > - if that worked, you can try then a > > make install SUB_TARGET=unicodertl I

Re: [fpc-devel] Unicode RTL for FPC

2023-01-07 Thread Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-devel
On Sat, 7 Jan 2023, Mattias Gaertner via fpc-devel wrote: On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 18:05:43 +0100 (CET) Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-devel wrote: [...] - to create a Unicode RTL, in the rtl directory do a make clean all SUB_TARGET=unicodertl PP=path/to/the/new/compiler The "make clean" deletes

Re: [fpc-devel] Unicode RTL for FPC

2023-01-07 Thread Mattias Gaertner via fpc-devel
On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 18:05:43 +0100 (CET) Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-devel wrote: >[...] > - to create a Unicode RTL, in the rtl directory do a > > make clean all SUB_TARGET=unicodertl PP=path/to/the/new/compiler The "make clean" deletes the new compiler. Storing the compiler/ppcx64 somewhere e

Re: [fpc-devel] Unicode RTL for FPC

2023-01-07 Thread Sven Barth via fpc-devel
Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-devel schrieb am Sa., 7. Jan. 2023, 12:46: > > > On Sat, 7 Jan 2023, Mattias Gaertner via fpc-devel wrote: > > > On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 18:05:43 +0100 (CET) > > Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-devel > > wrote: > > > >> [...] > >> For those that wish to help in testing: > >> >

Re: [fpc-devel] Unicode RTL for FPC

2023-01-07 Thread Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-devel
On Sat, 7 Jan 2023, Mattias Gaertner via fpc-devel wrote: On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 18:05:43 +0100 (CET) Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-devel wrote: [...] For those that wish to help in testing: - Update your git clone I used a fresh clone. - switch to branch unicodertl. I used git checkout u

Re: [fpc-devel] Unicode RTL for FPC

2023-01-07 Thread Wagner Landgraf via fpc-devel
> Relax, no-one will force you to use UTF16. > > But there are people that do not have the luxury of choice, and we should > be kind to them too. I really appreciate this mindset. Thank you. ___ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org h

Re: [fpc-devel] Unicode RTL for FPC

2023-01-07 Thread Mattias Gaertner via fpc-devel
On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 18:05:43 +0100 (CET) Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-devel wrote: >[...] > For those that wish to help in testing: > > - Update your git clone I used a fresh clone. > - switch to branch unicodertl. I used git checkout unicodertl > - in the toplevel FPC directory, do a > > ma

Re: [fpc-devel] Unicode RTL for FPC

2023-01-07 Thread Wagner Landgraf via fpc-devel
> Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-devel wrote: > >> - String = UnicodeString, Char=WideChar > > UnicodeString ? ? I don't know what that is supposed to be. We have UCS-2, > UCS-4, UTF-16 and UTF-8 Some marketing people, not understanding anything > about computers, talk about "Unicode" to mean "UT