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| author | Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org> | 2003-01-27 01:04:03 +0000 |
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| committer | Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org> | 2003-01-27 01:04:03 +0000 |
| commit | 3201ea579bbe3a9bc2f6bf9d6c9b2121f6bbe2b1 (patch) | |
| tree | 7acce5f565b56e19825446a97071c4f7f24f6066 /src/xfns.c | |
| parent | 231a33160ed418f73dea4f0972e469c8cdd64c13 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-3201ea579bbe3a9bc2f6bf9d6c9b2121f6bbe2b1.tar.gz | |
(x_set_name, x_set_title): Add comment about encoding strategy.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/xfns.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/xfns.c | 17 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/xfns.c b/src/xfns.c index e7f339198c8..9612d1c80ce 100644 --- a/src/xfns.c +++ b/src/xfns.c @@ -2517,6 +2517,20 @@ x_set_name (f, name, explicit) int bytes, stringp; Lisp_Object coding_system; + /* Note: Encoding strategy + + We encode NAME by compound-text and use "COMPOUND-TEXT" in + text.encoding. But, there are non-internationalized window + managers which don't support that encoding. So, if NAME + contains only ASCII and 8859-1 characters, encode it by + iso-latin-1, and use "STRING" in text.encoding hoping that + such window manager at least analize this format correctly, + i.e. treat 8-bit bytes as 8859-1 characters. + + We may also be able to use "UTF8_STRING" in text.encoding + in the feature which can encode all Unicode characters. + But, for the moment, there's no way to know that the + current window manager supports it or not. */ coding_system = Qcompound_text; text.value = x_encode_text (name, coding_system, 0, &bytes, &stringp); text.encoding = (stringp ? XA_STRING @@ -2530,6 +2544,7 @@ x_set_name (f, name, explicit) } else { + /* See the above comment "Note: Encoding strategy". */ icon.value = x_encode_text (f->icon_name, coding_system, 0, &bytes, &stringp); icon.encoding = (stringp ? XA_STRING @@ -2630,6 +2645,7 @@ x_set_title (f, name, old_name) Lisp_Object coding_system; coding_system = Qcompound_text; + /* See the comment "Note: Encoding strategy" in x_set_name. */ text.value = x_encode_text (name, coding_system, 0, &bytes, &stringp); text.encoding = (stringp ? XA_STRING : FRAME_X_DISPLAY_INFO (f)->Xatom_COMPOUND_TEXT); @@ -2642,6 +2658,7 @@ x_set_title (f, name, old_name) } else { + /* See the comment "Note: Encoding strategy" in x_set_name. */ icon.value = x_encode_text (f->icon_name, coding_system, 0, &bytes, &stringp); icon.encoding = (stringp ? XA_STRING |