The original ui.forms do use the lib ICU for boundary analysis
http://www.icu-project.org/userguide/boundaryAnalysis.html
This is to make the decision where to break long text into lines.

My first thought was to do a most simple implementation and omit the dependency. But it seems to me, the implementation is not easy.

So the best way seems to me, go the way the original eclipse designers choose. Use ICU.
Thought?

Hello Frank,

> The original ui.forms do use the lib ICU for boundary analysis
> http://www.icu-project.org/userguide/boundaryAnalysis.html This is to
> make the decision where to break long text into lines.
> 
> My first thought was to do a most simple implementation and omit the
> dependency. But it seems to me, the implementation is not easy.
> 
> So the best way seems to me, go the way the original eclipse designers
> choose. Use ICU.
> Thought?


I agree.  :)

Probably best to go with the full ICU.

Will the old Mango ICU wrapper work, or is it outdated?

-JJR

John Reimer schrieb:
> Hello Frank,
> 
>> The original ui.forms do use the lib ICU for boundary analysis
>> http://www.icu-project.org/userguide/boundaryAnalysis.html This is to
>> make the decision where to break long text into lines.
>>
>> My first thought was to do a most simple implementation and omit the
>> dependency. But it seems to me, the implementation is not easy.
>>
>> So the best way seems to me, go the way the original eclipse designers
>> choose. Use ICU.
>> Thought?
> 
> 
> I agree.  :)
> 
> Probably best to go with the full ICU.
> 
> Will the old Mango ICU wrapper work, or is it outdated?
> 
> -JJR
> 
> 

yes and no. in general it works, but to work good with utf8 some changes and additions are needed. (ICU works in general with utf16)