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Asked: 2026-05-10T16:27:37+00:00

I’ve managed to mostly ignore all this multi-byte character stuff, but now I need

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I’ve managed to mostly ignore all this multi-byte character stuff, but now I need to do some UI work and I know my ignorance in this area is going to catch up with me! Can anyone explain in a few paragraphs or less just what I need to know so that I can localize my applications? What types should I be using (I use both .Net and C/C++, and I need this answer for both Unix and Windows).

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  1. Check out Joel Spolsky’s The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Absolutely, Positively Must Know About Unicode and Character Sets (No Excuses!)

    EDIT 20140523: Also, watch Characters, Symbols and the Unicode Miracle by Tom Scott on YouTube – it’s just under ten minutes, and a wonderful explanation of the brilliant ‘hack’ that is UTF-8

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