Re: [Haskell-cafe] How to deal with utf-8?

On Fri, 2009-02-13 at 08:33 +0100, Krzysztof Skrzętnicki wrote:

On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 08:06, Magicloud wrote:

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Hi, I am using Text.CSV to read and using gtk2hs to display csv files using utf-8 encode. Well, it displays broken strings, seems like it cannot deal with utf-8. What should I do?

You should try using functions from utf8-string package (find it on Hackage) to read UTF-8 encoded data. That's about reading data in. I'm not so sure however about the gtk2hs part. Experts should tell you if it is possible or not. (I think it is.)

Gtk2Hs displays Haskell Strings correctly. Haskell Strings are Unicode. So all you need to do is decode utf8 into a proper Haskell String. Duncan