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Hey all,

I am considering writing my operating system to be native unicode, my question is, does unicode only affect text, how it is stored, processed, handled, etc... or is there more to it.

Has anyone else decided to have unicode as native?

Cheers.

afaik, it only deals with text. to be certain, read the manual.

i am using unicode (particularly, utf8). (not writing an OS yet, only apps).

afaik, the Mobius (we're missing you, Tim ) has Unicode support ...

XStream wrote: I am considering writing my operating system to be native unicode, my question is, does unicode only affect text, how it is stored, processed, handled, etc... or is there more to it.

Yes

Of course, "processing" is the major category here. Unicode affects everything down to how you sort characters (it's quite complex compared to ASCII). If you plan to have a GUI remember that Unicode will also affect how you handle glyphs and that you'll need Unicode fonts etc.

UTF-8 and Unicode FAQ

Complex as it might be, and though to native English speakers it might be "extra work", it's hard to imagine any half-serious OS being developed today that wouldn't aim for Unicode support right away...

Pype.Clicker wrote: afaik, the Mobius (we're missing you, Tim ) has Unicode support ...

What's happened to him, vacation?

srg