LibUTF8 for Windows

LibUTF8: Unicode/UTF-8 locale plugin

Version

0.8

Description

This library provides UTF-8 locale support, for use on systems which don't have UTF-8 locales, or whose UTF-8 locales are unreasonably slow.

It provides support for

• the wchar_t and wint_t types,
• the mbs/wcs functions typically found in <stdlib.h>,
• the wide string functions typically found in <wchar.h>,
• the wide character classification functions typically found in <wctype.h>,
• some of the wide character I/O functions typically found in <wchar.h>,
• the setlocale function typically found in <locale.h>. All this according to the ISO/ANSI C specifications, and with support for old 8-bit locales and Unicode UTF-8 locales.

libutf8 is for you if your application supports 8-bit and multibytes locales like chinese or japanese, and you wish to add UTF-8 locale support but the corresponding support lacks from your system.

libutf8 is for you also if your application supports only 8-bit locales, and you wish to add UTF-8 locale support. Because libutf8 implements an ISO/ANSI C compatible set of types and functions, the support for libutf8 you add will also automatically work (without libutf8) with other multibytes locales, as far as supported by the system.

Homepage

ftp://ftp.ilog.fr/pub/Users/haible/utf8

Download

If you download the Setup version of the package, the dependencies, as listed below under Requirements, are already included, apart from msvcrt.dll. If you download the package as Zip files, then you must take care of the dependencies yourself.

Installation and Usage

General Installation Instructions

Requirements

• MS-Windows 95 / 98 / ME / NT / 2000 / XP with msvcrt.dll. If msvcrt.dll is not in your Windows/System folder, get it from Microsoft or by installing Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher