"the files", "get URL" and Unicode File Names

Jim Bufalini jim at visitrieve.com
Sun Feb 21 17:36:25 EST 2010


Igor de Oliveira Couto wrote:

> I checked the bugs system, too, and there seem to be quite a few
> unicode-related reports - some dating back a lot longer than 2 years.
> It is disappointing to see, to say the least. For a product that is
> trying to gain marketplace on the web, lack of total support for
> international writing systems will be a deal-breaker for many people.
> 
> I'm even more surprised that no one has come up with a cross-platform
> workaround - external - that can do the job. Does that mean that every
> application that is made with Revolution is unable to use international
> characters when saving files to the local system? I was certain I had
> read somewhere that there were users of Rev in Japan - are they all
> using standard ASCII English?
> 
> Dumbfounded,

I "believe" RunRev is very aware of the Unicode issues and is actively
working to resolve all of them "soon."

Aloha from Hawaii,

Jim Bufalini 




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