text encoding problem Mac to iOS?

[Klaus major-k]

Am 07.01.2018 um 13:01 schrieb Klaus major-k via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
> 
> Hallo Hermann,
> 
>> Am 06.01.2018 um 21:09 schrieb hh via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
>> 
>> I tested this as follows (what shows that all my presumptions are wrong):
>> 
>> 1. Downloaded and installed in the IDE the default iOSFont SF from here
>> ___https://developer.apple.com/fonts/
>> 2. Set the font SF Text Regular for both the field and the dataGrid header
>> 3. Wrote Text (incl. umlauts) directly into the field and directly into
>> ___the contents of the header
>> 
>> So clipboard effects and different default font settings are excluded.
>> 
>> The effect remains exactly the same as you (Klaus) describe.
>> For me it is now clear that this is a bug of the datagrid.
>> 
>> p.s. Tested only in the simulator but the font is the same on real hardware.
> 
> thanks for testing!
> 
> I think I found the culprit:
> In the Datagrid Library in the handler -> setprop dgColumnLabel [pColumn] pValue
> Line 6094:
> ...
> if the platform is "macos" then put "mac" into theColsA[pColumn]["encoding"]
> ...
> 
> If I change "mac" to "utf8", the header look fine in the simulator!
> Did not test the windows encoding, but should surely also read "utf8"
> 
> Will file a but report later today.

done: <http://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=20836>

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