Re: AIX running but ... libiconv isn't !

From: Alberto 'JCN-9000' Varesio (A-Varesio@eads.matradatavision.com)
Date: Wed Apr 17 2002 - 09:07:48 EDT

  • Next message: Andrew Dunbar: "Re: AIX running but ... libiconv isn't !"

    Hi guys,
    you were right. The iconv routine set is not working as expected.

    AIX is not offering 'same codeset conversion', so the various
    initialization tests are all failing:
    iconv_open( "UCS-2", "UCS-2" ) finds no converter and returns
    the -1 fail code. :( -- this is a noop conversion, hence no conversion :)
    Maybe there is a different way to test for an encoding ...

    Peer libiconv is not building correct libraries on AIX, since AIX has
    some weirdiness on shared libraries ... so i had to manually compile
    source code, hack the binaries and statically link them to the program.

    Now the program correctly handles kbd input and displays my typed chars !!
    It also handles fonts and scaling !!
    Tis is not a solution for an AIX build, but it's working ...

    One passed, one new :

    No way to load a Word .doc file ...

    DEBUG: s_AskForPathname: frame 20163888, bSaveAs 0, suggest=[]
    DEBUG: fileOpen: loading [/home/avaresio/Ponte_26.doc]
    DEBUG: DOM: trying to load /home/avaresio/Ponte_26.doc (0, 0)

    ** WARNING **: I won't mmap that file, using a slower method

    DEBUG: DOM: pagesize: (landscape: 0) (width: 8.268056) (height: 11.693056)
    (paper-type: 0)
    DEBUG: Oh no - we just segfaulted!

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