[cl-pdf-devel] Re: [cl-typesetting-devel] Unicode support feedback needed

[Marc Battyani]

Andras Simon <andras at renyi.hu> wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Nov 2005, Marc Battyani wrote:
>
> > I didn't get much feedback so far about the Unicode support in
> > cl-pdf/cl-typesetting.
> >
> > Anybody has tested this on several implementations?
> > Any patches for implementations other than LW?
> > (Just look at the unicode-readme.txt for how to use Unicode in cl-pdf)
>
> I got stuck first with general unicode problems (they've got nothing to do
> with cl-typesetting, but mostly with my dumbness), and then with the
missing
> font problem. I'll try again in the weekend, using the instructions in
> unicode-readme.

Good.

> ps. Should unicode-string-type return the most specific type for unicode
> strings?  If so, then I think it could return simple-string in sbcl and
> simple-base-string in CLisp.

It should return a string type which can accept 16 bits characters. So that
(coerce (list (code-char 955)) 'string-type) is OK for instance.

Marc