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[jean-pierre charras - INPG <jean-pierre.charras@...>]

Manveru a écrit :
> 2008/9/9 Pavlyukov Alexey <lexaficus@list. ru 
> <mailto:lexaficus%40list.ru>>:
> > Hello!
> > I realized support of cyrillics in eeschema and pcbnew on text 
> labels, it is
> > possible
> > also other languages if to add the description of symbols in a file 
> of fonts
> > (share/grfonte. kifnt). A format of a file of fonts look in 
> kiFont.h. I send
> > you patch
> > to the version trunk revision 1229.
> >
> > Pavlyukov Alexey
> > mailto: lexaficus@list. ru <mailto:lexaficus%40list.ru>
>
> For me it looks quite nice, but it seems to me that this idea disables
> non-unicode KiCad version completly*, and what about data format for
> boards and schematics? I think they never really supported Unicode (am
> I right or not?). This means files saved in version of KiCad with this
> patch cannot be opened in older one - operation will mess all new
> characters. I am speculating now.
>
> * - as far as I remember J.P. said that currently KiCad cannot work
> with UniCode support.
>
> Michal
Kicad itself is now always compiled in unicode mode, but saved files 
(.sch, .brd, .net ... files ) do not use unicode.

Using unicode in kicad files means:
- New created files cannot open by old versions (.sch files have just 
changed) : .brd, .sch, but also .lib, .mod, .cmp
- How to create reports files ? they usually are plaint text, not rich 
text or other format.
- Problems with netlists and data exchange: i am not sure all others 
tools use unicode in netlists.
- And also volunteers to enter a *lot* of new characters. (I am not 
sure there is a lot of volunteers to do this work.)

A mininum requirement to use unicode is the creation of fonts.

So do not speed up to use unicode in files format.

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Jean-Pierre CHARRAS
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