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| Because all strings pass through Java at some point it can be useful to handle them with Unicode support (since Java's internal string representation is UTF-8 encoded). In particular, screens display UTF-8 strings, meaning the related GPU functions expect UTF-8 strings. Also, keyboard input will generally be UTF-8 encoded, especially the clipboard. | Because all strings pass through Java at some point it can be useful to handle them with Unicode support (since Java's internal string representation is UTF-8 encoded). In particular, screens display UTF-8 strings, meaning the related GPU functions expect UTF-8 strings. Also, keyboard input will generally be UTF-8 encoded, especially the clipboard. | ||
| - | However, keep in mind that only a subset of UTF-8 can actually be displayed on screens. Specifically all glyphs defined in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page_437|code page 437]] are supported. | + | However, keep in mind that while wide characters can be displayed, input and output of those is not fully supported in OpenOS's software (i.e. the shell, edit and Lua interpreter). |
| The following functions are provided to allow basic UTF-8 handling: | The following functions are provided to allow basic UTF-8 handling: | ||