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Date:      Sun, 27 Apr 1997 11:51:29 -0700 (MST)
From:      Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
To:        jfieber@indiana.edu (John Fieber)
Cc:        gibbs@plutotech.com, terry@lambert.org, michaelh@cet.co.jp, joa@kuebart.stuttgart.netsurf.de, sysop@mixcom.com, hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: VFAT 32 support in msdosfs
Message-ID:  <199704271851.LAA08899@phaeton.artisoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970426190412.24221B-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu> from "John Fieber" at Apr 26, 97 07:07:26 pm

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> > Try almost any foobarW API and it will fail.  Win95 will also not
> > automatically convert between UNICODE and ANSI strings when a message
> > passes between windows that use different string types.
> 
> Over on the unicode mailing list, there was a lot of discussion
> (grumbling) about this, and the general conclusion was that
> writing Unicode applications to work on Win95 sure fire way to
> programmer insanity, if not suicide.

Alternately, live in the subset, and write your own 'W' functions,
as necessary, for where a function is absolutely required.

One thing these non-working 'W' functions are probably telling you
is that you should pick some other method of solving the problem.


					Regards,
					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.



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