Support for UTF-8

[Elkano]

As you may know WoW is using UTF-8 encoded strings. On English systems you'll hardly have to encode chars that way but for eg German or Frensh systems it's a must.
Would it be possible to have the program encode/decode strings with UTF-8 in order to have them shown correctly?

[Nulkris]

Post a file that you want to be handled correctly please. Thanks.

[Elkano]

If attached a screenshot of the game menu viewed in the editor (1.0.100.6).
ü is the UTF-8 encoding for ü

WoW itself does UTF-8 decoding for the string. So it would be nice if your programm would render UTF-8, too.

[Nulkris]

Send me the actual XML file so I have something to play with, I don't have access to the Euro client.

Thanks

[Elkano]

the zip includes the following files:
- GameMenuFrame.xml
- GlobalStrings.lua
- UIParent.lua

I think GameMenuFrame.xml and UIParent.lua should be the same files as those you have since the strings are located in GlobalStrings.lua. So replacing this file shoud give you the effect.

[Nulkris]

Thanks for that. Turns out that it was Lua that can't handle UTF-8, I now do the conversion for it so you should get the correct result now. Try version .7 that I will be uploading shortly.

[Elkano]

OK, seems to be working as it should.
Thanks a lot

[kharaone]

*Bump*

it works great but.....coz there is a but.. some localization use the format /xxx/yyy to encode a character in UTF-8

for example é = /195/169

but once we save those files with wow ui des., and load the files in game we have the "/195/169" and not the expected "é".

I just realize a few release ago.. and just found the time to tell it...

so if it was already solved.. sorry for the inconveniences...

[JASlaughter]

You can use

http://wow.jaslaughter.com/uni2lua.asp

To convert unicode to LUA escape codes.