[JW Lua] Multi-byte characters

[Jari Williamsson]

Having said that, I'll try to fix so it works directly without the 
conversion I mentioned in a future update.

Best regards,

Jari Williamsson


On 2014-08-04 15:32, Jari Williamsson wrote:
> Bart,
>
> You can do the character replacements to a FCString directly in JW Lua,
> using the FCString:SetItemAt() method and using the Unicode numbers.
> Please note that the string position is 0-based.
>
> Run the code sample below on a default Finale document on Finale 2012 or
> later. It should put "Tëst" at the place where the title page text was.
>
> Since U+00EB is the standard Unicode number for "ë", 0x00EB or 0xEB
> would be the hexadecimal representation of that Unicode character to use
> for FCString:SetItemAt(). (In Lua, 0x is the prefix for hexadecimal
> numbers.)
>
> ---
> local s = finale.FCString()
> s.LuaString = "Test"
> s:SetItemAt(1, 0x00EB) -- Change second character in string
> s:Insert("^font(Times New Roman)^size(16)^nfx(0)", 0)
> local pt = finale.FCPageText()
> pt:Load(1, 0) -- Load first page text object on page 1
> pt:SaveTextString(s) -- Save the new text for that block
> ---
>
> Best regards,
>
> Jari Williamsson
>
>
> On 2014-08-04 15:10, Bart Visser wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Indeed, I'm on a Mac.
>>
>> When I try to set the lyrics or the title to something like "één
>> lied", it becomes "￩￩n lied".
>>
>> The FinaleScript workaround is fine for the moment, but the less I
>> have to use FinaleScript the better...
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>> Bart
>>
>>
>> Op 4 aug. 2014, om 15:06 heeft Jari Williamsson
>> <jari.williamsson at mailbox.swipnet.se> het volgende geschreven:
>>
>>> Bart,
>>>
>>> It sounds like you are on the Mac? There's a known bug that code like
>>> the line below will produce garbage on the output console on the Mac:
>>>
>>> print ("ë")
>>>
>>>
>>> I hope to fix that soon.
>>>
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Jari Williamsson
>>>
>>> On 2014-08-04 12:46, Bart Visser wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> Jari: thanks for the new beta-version. The require function works
>>>> like a charm.
>>>>
>>>> I regularly have to use multi-byte characters (é, ë, etc.). Is there
>>>> already a way to use them in JW Lua? In the PDK Framework there
>>>> exists a function: SetUTF8String, but I'm not sure if it's already
>>>> hooked up.
>>>>
>>>> My work-around at the moment is to run a FinaleScript to replace the
>>>> characters that aren't supported by JW Lua.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Bart
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