Character Encodings

[Martin Baxter]

On 26/01/14 13:47, Richmond wrote:
> On 26/01/14 15:43, Martin Baxter wrote:
>> On 26/01/14 11:01, Richmond wrote:
>>> -----------------
>>>
>>> This: http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.iconv.php
>>>
>>> Looks "dead sexy", and I wonder if somebody cannot roll that into
>>> Livecode????
>>>
>>> ----------------
>>>
>>> Richmond.
>> iconv is a command line utility, PHP just has an interface to it, so it
>> should be possible to use iconv via shell.
>>
>> Martin
>>
>>
> 
> I wouldn't doubt that for a moment.
> 
> What I wondered about was whether somebody could not incorporate that into
> Livecode so that is was portable (i.e. not dependent on other things)
> and cross-platform.
> 
> Richmond.
> 

Granted.

And it's all a bit moot anyway if you can't determine the existing
encoding of the string you are dealing with.

Martin