UTF-8 discussion

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wb2osz 2022-03-24 00:10:21 +01:00
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@ -731,6 +731,26 @@ void decode_aprs_print (decode_aprs_t *A) {
* To be part of a valid UTF-8 sequence, it would need to be followed by 10xxxxxx.
*/
// For values 00-7F, ASCII, Unicode, and ISO Latin-1 are all the same.
// ISO Latin-1 adds 80-FF range with a few common symbols, such as degree, and
// letters, with diacritical marks, for many European languages.
// Unicode range 80-FF is called "Latin-1 Supplement." Exactly the same as ISO Latin-1.
// For UTF-8, an additional byte is inserted.
// Unicode UTF-8
// ------- -----
// 8x C2 8x Insert C2, keep original
// 9x C2 9x "
// Ax C2 Ax "
// Bx C2 Bx "
// Cx C3 8x Insert C3, subtract 40 from original
// Dx C3 9x "
// Ex C3 Ax "
// Fx C3 Bx "
//
// Can we use this knowledge to provide guidance on other ISO Latin-1 characters besides degree?
// Should we?
// Reference: https://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/utf8test.htm
if ( ! A->g_quiet) {
for (j=0; j<n; j++) {
@ -3866,6 +3886,9 @@ static int data_extension_comment (decode_aprs_t *A, char *pdext)
strlcpy (A->g_directivity, dir[pdext[6]-'0'], sizeof(A->g_directivity));
}
// TODO: look for another 0-9 A-Z followed by a /
// http://www.aprs.org/aprs12/probes.txt
process_comment (A, pdext+7, -1);
return 1;
}