From b1b253d845f4ded3a49645c28dd053b4a691e7b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: h_vogt Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2017 21:11:42 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] short description of utf-8+1 branch contents --- README.utf8 | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.utf8 diff --git a/README.utf8 b/README.utf8 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..1def2c79c --- /dev/null +++ b/README.utf8 @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +use utf-8 for encoding of strings, this enables UNICODE +international characters sets (of nearly any language) +in titles, labels, file and folder names. + +Windows uses utf-16 and conversion function between utf-8 +and utf-16, if access to Windows API functions is needed. +A special fopen has been defined. + +In addition, plot labels on the y axis now are placed +vertically, 90°, by using WWindows API or Linux Xft library. + +Postscript plotting uses only a UNICODE subset, t.b.d.. + +Better looking fonts are now used for labelling.