Re: Imbedding unicode in strings

FROM : Shaun Wexler
DATE : Wed Jun 21 20:56:45 2006

On Jun 21, 2006, at 11:39 AM, Craig Altenburg wrote:

> The "Text Edit" sample applications defines strings with imbedded 
> unicode characters:
>
>    NSLocalizedString( @"Couldn\\U2019t open some of the specified 
> files.", nil );
>
> This works -- the string displays with the "curly" apostrophe 
> instead of the plain ASCII one.
>
> When I try the same thing in my program the "\U2019" is displayed.
>
> I looked at the compiler flags but don't see anything that they're 
> doing that would account for the difference in behavior.
>
> Does anyone know what I need to do to get such strings recognized?


It only works in *C99 or C++, and you have one too many backslashes. 
In Xcode, you'll find the build setting "C Language Dialect"...
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Shaun Wexler
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