Thread: Where is my extended wide character ?

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    Where is my extended wide character ?

    Hello,

    I am writing here because I can no wprintf() the BOX DRAWING SET character under Linux.

    When I specify character number arround U+0x2500 I obtain a "+" character as box corner ; not a real corner. As horizontal line I get "-" (minus) instead of full line. My drawn line contains blank not full line.

    I have set many times the "setfont" command but no effect.

    Some times I can obtain character set by typing ALT+number but this number is far away of BOX DRAWING SET range according to the UNICODE table then I have not port this number inside my code.

    My code look like this:

    #include <wide char>
    #include <stdio>
    #include <locale>

    wchar_t t;

    t= arround 0x2500;
    wprintf(L"%lc\n", t);


    Thank you.
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    When I specify character number arround U+0x2500 I obtain a "+" character as box corner ; not a real corner. As horizontal line I get "-" (minus) instead of full line.
    You can't get those characters under Linux, at least I don't think you can.
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    >You can't get those characters under Linux, at least I don't think you can.

    It is possible. ncruses library draw correctly corner and line.

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    That's true.

    Why don't you redirect the output of an ncurses program into a file and see what the code for the character you want is?

    Or you could print all the possible characters and look through the output for the one you want.

    Or maybe ncurses changes the screen mode of the font somehow.
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    I answered a part of this question in the Linux forum.

    You need to learn the difference between character sets and fonts. If the font you're using doesn't have a glyph for a given character, the system will try to represent the character using glyphs that it has that have (to whoever built the tables) as close a visual meaning or representation to the desired character.

    In general, on these boards at least, you should not post the same question in multiple places. It makes some people quite angry.
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