Unicode Problem..

[ahura_24]

hi everybody. i want use unicode in qt Creator my code is

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#include <QtGui>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
QApplication app(argc, argv);

QPushButton btn( QString::fromUtf8("بستن") ); // unicode
btn.show();

return app.exec();

}
@

its right in qt creator but when i run project this unicode will be shown ambigues font !

[mlong]

Does the default font that is being used to display the text on your OS when you run the app support those characters?

[ahura_24]

yes . my windows is 7 64bit and set to region and language -> language for non-unicode program to this language.

[dbzhang800]

Are you sure the following code
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char str[] = "بستن";
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will get utf8 encoded bytes of "بستن"?

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First, your source code should be saved as utf8 with BOM.

Then add following lines to your souce code.（If you are using MSVC2010）
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#ifdef Q_CC_MSVC
#pragma execution_character_set("UTF-8")
#endif
@

If you are using MinGW, nothing special need to do.(with or without BOM)

If you are using MSVC2005 or MSVC2008, I don't know how to do.

If you are using MSVC2003, save source code as utf8 without BOM should works.

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[ahura_24]

i use visual 2008 pro sp1. yes im sure encoded bytes of "بستن". i try to use mingw but i cant download it and i dont know how i must to use mingw or set qt option to use it ! if you know please help me.

[dbzhang800]

Hi,

IMO, this is pure C++ problem.

If you are not sure that the execution_character_set of your compile environment is utf8, you can give a try to

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char str[] = "\xd8\xa8\xd8\xb3\xd8\xaa\xd9\x86"; //I don't know whether it is the right utf8 bytes ;-)
QString::fromUtf8(str);
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instead of
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char str[] = "بستن";
QString::fromUtf8(str);
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The formal will works in all the compilers, while the latter will depend on which compiler you choose.

I do not know how to make the latter works under MSVC2005 or MSVC2008. In fact, I can not achieve this using Chinese-Version-of-MSVC2008. that's why MSVC2010 support

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#pragma execution_character_set
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In addition, if your compile support C++11, you can write

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char str[] = u8"بستن";
QString::fromUtf8(str);
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[MuldeR]

Maybe:

@QPushButton btn( QString:::fromWCharArray(L"بستن") );@
@QPushButton btn( QString::fromUtf16((const ushort*) L"بستن") );@

[dbzhang800]

Yes, wchar_t is good option before compilers providing full support for char16_t and char32_t .

[dbzhang800]

If fact, QStringLiteral can be used under Qt5.

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QString str = QStringLiteral("بستن");
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depend on which compiler used, it will use

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char16_t* & u"بستن"
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or
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wchar_t* & L"بستن"
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or
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ushort*
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or
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char*
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[ahura_24]

tnx every body for your help