Unicode textFields in Linux & vanishing text

[Slava Paperno]

I got an error message when I used your script verbatim, but when I removed
the outer parentheses, I could see the two letters in the field, no problem.
LC 4.6.1, Windows 7 64-bit.

I don't know if they are the correct two letters, but you can check my
screen shot at http://russian.cornell.edu/TwoChars.png

Slava  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-livecode-
> bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Richmond Mathewson
> Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 2:40 PM
> To: How to use LiveCode
> Subject: Unicode textFields in Linux & vanishing text
> 
> I have found that if I set up a textFld called, say "txtfld" and do
> this:
> 
> set the useUnicode to true
> set the unicodetext of fld "txtfld" to (numToChar(2340) &
> numToChar(2341))
> 
> the required chars are entered but cannot be seen;
> 
> if I then do a RETURN key press at the start of the string followed by
> a
> forward DELETE
> the text becomes visible . . .
> 
> HOWEVER, that is not much good in an application that demands that the
> unicodeText be instantly
> visible.
> 
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> 
> This is on Linux ONLY ( 4.00 and 4.5-dp-4)
> 
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