[vtkusers] Unicode or extended ascii characters in VTK

[Philip Schuchardt]

If your using opengl, you could always just use the FTGL library directly.  It 
is a little more work but it does support unicode.  You probably have to 
write your own subclass of a vtkProp and put your code in RenderOverlay().  
Obviously,  it would be better to add unicode support to VTK.

Philip Schuchardt.

On Wednesday 11 April 2007 1:11 pm, Sean McBride wrote:
> On 4/11/07 12:51 PM, David Cole said:
> >> Do file a bug though!
> >
> >More of a (rather large) "feature request" than a bug, wouldn't you say?
>
> I tend to use the terms interchangeably. :)  But it is indeed more of a
> feature request (though one could argue that in 2007, supporting ASCII
> only is a bug.)
>
> But more seriously... what is the procedure for getting something like
> this working?  It touches so many parts of VTK that a casual contributor
> like me could not fix it.  It also requires design decisions, co-
> operation, documenting, testing, etc.  Is Unicode support on Kitware's
> radar?  The roadmap (<http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/
> VTK_FAQ#Roadmap:_What_changes_are_being_considered_for_VTK>) is woefully
> out of date.