8:06:22abc64I want to convert compound text to characters, is there any library to do this?
8:56:14ikrabbeabc64: all these encoding libraries should only be used to address translations from and to utf-8, which is superior to any other encoding concept developed in the past.
8:59:55abc64ikrabbe Sorry I don't understand what you mean. Here is my situation. Some other xorg client send me compound text, and I need to convert it to utf-8. Is there any way to do this?
9:01:35ikrabbeI just fear encodings, as they still exist everywhere. So to address xorg, that is ok, or in general, to address font encodings. But for any other purpose, it is best to hide the encoding in favor of utf-8.
9:04:09abc64I'm trying to add support of X Input Method for mcclim, and the input method client will send me compound text, how do I convet it?
9:04:48abc64It is quiet complex to write a inpute method client, so i do want to convert the compound text I get.