Thread: Unicode in MinGW

Wanting to support Unicode in my applications. Two questions.

How can I use something like a _tmain/wmain when compiling with g++? Do I have to specifiy the entry point for it myself? How would I do that with _tmain? Detect a UNICODE flag in the makefile and conditionally do it?

Error with STLPort. I do

cd /build/lib, make -f gcc.mak clean install, No errors.
cd ../test/util, make -f gcc.mak clean install, Errors?!

All sorts of undefined references.

stlp_std::char_traits<char>, stlp_std::allocator<char> >(stlp_std::basic_ostrea
m<char, stlp_std::char_traits<char> >&, stlp_std::basic_string<char, stlp_std::c
har_traits<char>, stlp_std::allocator<char> > const&)]+0x209):string_test.cpp: u
ndefined reference to `_imp___ZN8stlp_std8ios_base16_M_throw_failureEv'
obj/gcc/shared/string_test.o(.text$_ZN8stlp_stdlsIcNS_11char_trai tsIcEENS_9alloc
atorIcEEEERNS_13basic_ostreamIT_T0_EES9_RKNS_12bas ic_stringIS6_S7_T1_EE[stlp_std
::basic_ostream<char, stlp_std::char_traits<char> >& stlp_std::operator<< <char,
stlp_std::char_traits<char>, stlp_std::allocator<char> >(stlp_std::basic_ostrea
m<char, stlp_std::char_traits<char> >&, stlp_std::basic_string<char, stlp_std::c
har_traits<char>, stlp_std::allocator<char> > const&)]+0x289):string_test.cpp: u
ndefined reference to `_imp___ZN8stlp_std8ios_base16_M_throw_failureEv'
obj/gcc/shared/string_test.o(.text$_ZN8stlp_stdlsIcNS_11char_trai tsIcEENS_9alloc
atorIcEEEERNS_13basic_ostreamIT_T0_EES9_RKNS_12bas ic_stringIS6_S7_T1_EE[stlp_std
::basic_ostream<char, stlp_std::char_traits<char> >& stlp_std::operator<< <char,
stlp_std::char_traits<char>, stlp_std::allocator<char> >(stlp_std::basic_ostrea
m<char, stlp_std::char_traits<char> >&, stlp_std::basic_string<char, stlp_std::c
har_traits<char>, stlp_std::allocator<char> > const&)]+0x3ab):string_test.cpp: u
ndefined reference to `_imp___ZN8stlp_std8ios_base16_M_throw_failureEv'
obj/gcc/shared/vector_test.o(.text$_ZNK8stlp_std12_Vector_baseIiN S_9allocatorIiE
EE21_M_throw_length_errorEv[stlp_std::_Vector_base<int, stlp_std::allocator<int>
>::_M_throw_length_error() const]+0xc):vector_test.cpp: undefined reference to
`_imp___ZN8stlp_std24__stl_throw_length_errorEPKc'
obj/gcc/shared/vector_test.o(.text$_ZNK8stlp_std12_Vector_baseIiN S_9allocatorIiE
EE21_M_throw_out_of_rangeEv[stlp_std::_Vector_base<int, stlp_std::allocator<int>
>::_M_throw_out_of_range() const]+0xc):vector_test.cpp: undefined reference to
`_imp___ZN8stlp_std24__stl_throw_out_of_rangeEPKc'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [obj/gcc/shared/stl_unit_test.exe] Error 1

Using cout object results in more errors.

Code:

std::cout << "Test" << "std::endl";

Results

main.o(.text+0x35): In function `ZNK11stlpmtx_std9basic_iosIcNS_11char_traitsIcE
EE3tieEv':
C:/mingw/stlport/stl/_ios.h:62: undefined reference to `stlpmtx_std::cout'
main.o(.text$_ZN11stlpmtx_std8ios_base23_M_check_e xception_maskEv[stlpmtx_std::i
os_base::_M_check_exception_mask()]+0x1d):C:/mingw/stlport/stl/_ios.h:62: undefi
ned reference to `stlpmtx_std::ios_base::_M_throw_failure()'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

It looks to me like you haven't provided the paths to stlport's include and lib directories.

If you want to use wide characters, eg std::wstring, then you should use wide character streams, too, ie use std::wcout and not std::cout.

I should warn you, although it may not be relevant in the context of your current questions, that for windows there is no wWinMain with MinGW unless you build it for yourself. This isn't a big issue as you can still use WinMain and GetCommandLine; the latter will return a wide character string of command line arguments as required.

1. check the makefile(s)/docs for instructions. It may just be something simple like a missing flag like -mthreads.

2. Can you build a simple 'hello world' example?

3. I think so, yes.