Multiple Code Pages Possible?

[scisci]

Hi, I know UTF-8 is not supported, but I'm wondering if its possible to automatically support multiple code pages. For instance, I have my fonts using the cp1252.map mapping, but if I get russian characters they just get translate to periods. Would it be possible to also somehow include the russian mapping and switch between the mappings on the fly?

[jung-kurt]

The ExampleFpdf_CellFormat_codepage() example shows how multiple code pages can be included in one document.

[scisci]

Thanks, that helps. I can see the spot where it subs in a '.' character if it is not in the map.

https://github.com/jung-kurt/gofpdf/blob/cc7f4a2880e224dc55d15289863817df6d9f6893/util.go#L171

I guess I could make my own mapping function, so if the utf-8 code isn't found in the map, then it moves on to the next code page.

[jung-kurt]

I guess I could make my own mapping function, so if the utf-8 code isn't found in the map, then it moves on to the next code page.

Super idea! Multiple code pages could be loaded either in sequence or in a single function using variadic arguments. During text output, a generalized translator would search the maps in order for the right code page. This would be a very useful enhancement to this library.

[bronislav]

@scisci did you managed to solve this?

[scisci]

Unfortunately not.