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uciter8: Lenient reading of 8-bit Unicode with a UCharIterator
This sample demonstrates reading
8-bit Unicode text leniently, accepting a mix of UTF-8 and CESU-8
and also accepting single surrogates.
UTF-8-style macros are defined as well as a UCharIterator.
The macros are incomplete (do not assemble code points from pairs of surrogates)
but sufficient for the iterator.
If you wish to use the lenient-UTF/CESU-8 UCharIterator in a context outside of
this sample, then copy the uit_len8.c file,
as well as either the uit_len8.h header or just the prototype that it contains.
*** Warning: ***
This UCharIterator reads an arbitrary mix of UTF-8 and CESU-8 text.
It does not conform to any one Unicode charset specification,
and its use may lead to security risks.
Files:
uciter8.c Main source file in C
uit_len8.c Lenient-UTF/CESU-8 UCharIterator implementation
uit_len8.h Header file with the prototoype for the lenient-UTF/CESU-8 UCharIterator
uciter8.sln Windows MSVC workspace. Double-click this to get started.
uciter8.vcproj Windows MSVC project file
To Build uciter8 on Windows
1. Install and build ICU
2. In MSVC, open the workspace file icu\samples\uciter8\uciter8.sln
3. Choose a Debug or Release build.
4. Build.
To Run on Windows
1. Start a command shell window
2. Add ICU's bin directory to the path, e.g.
set PATH=c:\icu\bin;%PATH%
(Use the path to where ever ICU is on your system.)
3. cd into the uciter8 directory, e.g.
cd c:\icu\source\samples\uciter8\debug
4. Run it
uciter8
To Build on Unixes
1. Build ICU.
Specify an ICU install directory when running configure,
using the --prefix option. The steps to build ICU will look something
like this:
cd <icu directory>/source
runConfigureICU <platform-name> --prefix <icu install directory> [other options]
gmake all
2. Install ICU,
gmake install
3. Compile
cd <icu directory>/source/samples/uciter8
gmake ICU_PREFIX=<icu install directory)
To Run on Unixes
cd <icu directory>/source/samples/uciter8
gmake ICU_PREFIX=<icu install directory> check
-or-
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=<icu install directory>/lib:.:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
uciter8
Note: The name of the LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable is different on some systems.
If in doubt, run the sample using "gmake check", and note the name of
the variable that is used there. LD_LIBRARY_PATH is the correct name
for Linux and Solaris.