[fpc-pascal] Re: Console Encoding in Windows (Local VS. UTF8)

Hello everyone! Success! Writeln was indeed the main culprit. The following works: WritelnUTF8(('あいうえお秋葉原')); (Where: 1. WritelnUTF8 is a procedure that uses the Win32 API WriteConsole directly, bypassing whatever writeln is doing. 2. Where the source code is saves as UTF8 with BOM 3. Where I

Re: [fpc-pascal] Console Encoding in Windows (Local VS. UTF8)

Hi, 2013/7/9 Jonas Maebe > > The console code page. You can get it using the following function: > function GetConsoleOutputCP : UINT; stdcall; external 'kernel32' name > 'GetConsoleOutputCP'; > > 2. Is there any reason why writing out data in the local encoding (with >> write statements, etc

Re: [fpc-pascal] Console Encoding in Windows (Local VS. UTF8)

Hi, 2013/7/9 Michael Schnell > On 07/09/2013 11:02 AM, Noah Silva wrote: > >> >> I convert it to UTF8 before displaying it >> >> Not a good idea. > > Well if the console is UTF8 > The FPC developers are right now busy implementing the new Delphi Strings. > This _could_ mean that the a

Re: [fpc-pascal] Console Encoding in Windows (Local VS. UTF8)

Hi, 2013/7/9 Jonas Maebe > > On 09 Jul 2013, at 11:02, Noah Silva wrote: > > 1. What encoding "should" I be writing to the terminal? >> > > The console code page. You can get it using the following function: > function GetConsoleOutputCP : UINT; stdcall; external 'kernel32' name > 'GetConsole

Re: [fpc-pascal] Console Encoding in Windows (Local VS. UTF8)

Hello everyone, OK I have checked this out: 2013/7/9 Tomas Hajny > > There is code page 65001 for UTF-8, however I don't know since which > version of MS Windows it is supported (and to which extent - e.g. > including the console output). You may change the output code page for > console using t

Re: [fpc-pascal] Console Encoding in Windows (Local VS. UTF8)

Hi, This answer is a bit late, but... 2013/7/9 Dennis Poon > > I have followed steps in the Wiki, etc., but to little avail, so I have >> some questions for anyone who knows more than me: >> ... > > ... > > 4. I write the output to a file instead of the console, and it's ok. >> > > Please stat

Re: [fpc-pascal] what is the FPC equivalent of Delphi's zlib unit?

thanks a lot. Dennis Michael Van Canneyt wrote: There are 3 options: paszlib.pas pascal implementation of libz. zstream.pp stream interface, uses paszlib. zlib.pp native interface to C libz library. Michael. On Mon, 29 Jul 2013, Dennis Poon wrote: I need to use CompressBuf and Deco

Re: [fpc-pascal] what is the FPC equivalent of Delphi's zlib unit?

GIF or PNG? PNG is using deflate algorithm. GIF is using its own. On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 4:53 PM, Mark Morgan Lloyd < markmll.fpc-pas...@telemetry.co.uk> wrote: > Michael Van Canneyt wrote: > >> There are 3 options: >> >> paszlib.pas pascal implementation of libz. >> >> zstream.pp stream int

Re: [fpc-pascal] what is the FPC equivalent of Delphi's zlib unit?

Michael Van Canneyt wrote: There are 3 options: paszlib.pas pascal implementation of libz. zstream.pp stream interface, uses paszlib. zlib.pp native interface to C libz library. Is any one of those more "natural" than the rest, because e.g. it's already used for GIF handling? -- Mark

Re: [fpc-pascal] what is the FPC equivalent of Delphi's zlib unit?

There are 3 options: paszlib.pas pascal implementation of libz. zstream.pp stream interface, uses paszlib. zlib.pp native interface to C libz library. Michael. On Mon, 29 Jul 2013, Dennis Poon wrote: I need to use CompressBuf and DecompressBuf of zlib in fpc. Thanks, Dennis _

[fpc-pascal] what is the FPC equivalent of Delphi's zlib unit?

I need to use CompressBuf and DecompressBuf of zlib in fpc. Thanks, Dennis ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal