Re: [PATCH] gdi32: Add a workaround for A->W text output with Symbol font encoding.

[Huw Davies]

On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 12:55:06PM +0800, Dmitry Timoshkov wrote:
> There are 2 ways to output Ansi text:
> - Call DrawTextA/ExtTextOutA, it uses font codepage for unicode translation.
> - hfont = CreateFont("Wingdings", SYMBOL_CHARSET);
> SendMessageA(hwnd, WM_SETFONT, hfont);
> SendMessageA(hwnd, WM_SETTEXT, textA);
>
> It uses current ANSI codepage for unicode translation.
>
> Currently #1 works correctly for Symbol fonts but #2 does not. This patch
> makes #2 work as well. Since this is a text drawing bug I don't see a way
> of adding a test case for this behaviour.

Looks good.  I've sent in a new version with a re-worded commit
message that hopefully makes it clear that this isn't a work-around in
Wine, but a work-around in Windows.  I also fixed a grammar issue in
an existing comment and took the opportunity to make the formatting
more consistent.

Huw.