UTF8 console line breaking
lazarus / 32-Linux

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weq · 2014-01-24 17:02

Hi
I have looked a bit on the forum (and google) but haven't found
abything
The problem is - my console application user wrteinl() to print text i
utf8:
QuoteTo jest długi string z wieloma polskimi literami ąółżęś kodowany
w UTF8,
żeby
było śmieszniej, haha.

These letters with dots etc. are polish regional letters.
The console is set (by default) in 80 columns, but when I print my
string it breaks as in the quote but it should on "y" i "było".
It seems that for every special letter in string i have "blank" at the
end of the line. It looks it chop string into 80chars parts and then
reduce two-bytes utf8 code into one character.
what can i do about it?
Regards,

Zaqqen
PS. Teh system is Lubuntu with LXTerminal

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taazz · 2014-01-24 17:21

convert the utf8 string to ansi before writeln it.

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weq · 2014-01-24 18:01

But then I lost my regional letters. Console is codeing in UTF8 -
i'snt that stardard coding in linux terminals?

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taazz · 2014-01-24 18:03

ow linux, I missed that, sorry I don't use it that much and I do not
know what peculiarities it has.