[patch] Garbage code in text string display

[James Hawkins]

On 8/19/07, Guan Xin <guanx.bac at gmail.com> wrote:
> Q: Can you give a simple example of such a program (preferably downloadable)?
> A: Yes. If you have Simplified Chinese environment, you can try:
> http://update.cz88.net/soft/qqwry.rar
> which is a freeware for IP address-to-geographical address
> translation. Before patching WINE, most (though not all) labels
> and all buttons show garbage code. None after.
>
> Q:Can you add a conformance test showing that your patch is correct?
> A: I have tried editplus, acdsee, and gvim in en_US and
> zh_CN.GBK locale/encodings. They all ran well. I also tried
> the German version of winrar in de locale, no problem either.
> I don't think we need to prove this patch is correct because
> it is certainly wrong and introduced a bug. However,
> `any sufficiently advanced bug becomes a feature'.
> In the source code of Microsoft Windows NT/2k/XP,
> or to be excact, in the file
> "private/windows/shell/accesory/spechars/charmap.c"
> they confessed there is a bug in GDI that
> `assumes the font's default charset is always the
> system default locale'.
>
> I know peeking into The source code is illegal,
> but I've only done this some 24 hrs after I submitted
> this patch. So this patch has nothing to do with
> my undesirable deed.
>

No patches will be accepted from you for the Wine project because
you've looked at Windows source code.

-- 
James Hawkins