Re: non-ASCII characters

[Andreas <AndreasSander1 () gmx net>]

Am 19.01.2011 21:21, schrieb Guy Harris:
> On Jan 19, 2011, at 12:14 PM, Andreas wrote:
>
> > I write a dissector for a protocol that transport measurement values for pressure and temperature and so on. I would 
> > like to display the values with proto_tree_add_float() with the correct unit. But the °C symbol as well as µA is not 
> > displayed correctly.
> >
> > Is there a way display this character set specific characters in Wireshark? How should I encode these characters that the GTK UI displays 
> > the nice "°C" so that I can avoid "degrees centigrade"?
>
> Try encoding them in UTF-8 (*NOT* UTF-16/UCS-2!); that might work.
Yes it might, but this depends on the current editor I use on different 
workstations. And the fiddling with the editor settings is cumbersome.
> Of course, getting the Windows C compiler to like it is another matter.
> You might have to explicitly encode it, e.g. "\302\260C" for "°C".
I would prefer the escape string "\xC2\xB0" anyway, since it's not only 
a question of the compiler as the version control system incl. diff 
viewer is also part of the tool chain.

Thanks for this help.

--
Andy

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