[vorbis-dev] UTF-8 & Hebrew

[Peter Harris]

> >Tip: even if the default codepage is Russian, he should be able to see
> >Hebrew tags in the comment editor of winamp (Alt-3).  This is a way to
> >check whether the tags are to blame.
> >
> No he can't, this is what I meant.  He just sees ??????? in Peters
> Winamp comment editor.  Same as my app (WinVorbis).  He says he has
> Russian as his default codepage and Hebrew supported in unicode.  Do you
> think vorbiscomment is to blame?  He was able to send me sample Hebrew
> characters via an HTML message which decoded correctly here in Netscape
> 6 using UTF-8 coding.

Yes, vorbiscomment is quite likely to blame. Vorbiscomment as of RC3 only
supports characters that fit into the current code page. 16-bit UNICODE
support is planned. The only reason it isn't done yet is that it is a real
pain to support properly on Windows 95/98/Me.

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