[Dev] Some simple tests for multi byte text input and display

[Brian Kirsch]

Stearns asked me how to test multi-byte character input and display.

Here is a good example:

й-国際化-ü-ή-瑞查德

This is a composite string containing muli-byte characters. For example 
the ü is a composite of two code points vowel + umlau that together make 
up one character.


Assuming your mail reader correctly displayed the above example do the 
following:

Copy and paste the text in to a Chandler input area i.e. the name of a 
side bar collection or the title of a task.

Then start playing with the string. For example insert a single byte 
character between two multi-byte characters:
查x德.  Does it display correctly?

Delete a multi-byte character in the middle of a phrase such as delete 
the 際 multi-byte character. Did the field remove only the character 
preserving the sentence order?

Save the original text й-国際化-ü-ή-瑞查德 to the repository and restart 
Chandler. Does the text still correctly display?

Delete the -ü-ή-瑞 characters, save the results in the repository and 
restart Chandler. Does the text correctly display?



Theses are just a few tests to get things started. More examples and 
test cases to follow.

Ken or Andrea (our i18n guru's) anything to add?


-Brian



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