[mkgmap-dev] [PATCH] Alpha code for Highway Symbols

Mon Apr 6 13:38:15 BST 2009

>> cgpsmapper allows you to enter those codes using a syntax ~[0x??] but
>> that doesn't seem to work with mkgmap. If it did, the binary editor
>> would not be needed.
>>     
>
> What about \x04 (hex) or \4 (octal) or \u4 (hex, Unicode)?  I have
> experienced that Java *.properties files allow the \u prefix for inputting
> Unicode code points.  I don't know which method mkgmap uses for parsing
> the files.  I'd vote for the \u syntax, as the files already are in
> Unicode (encoded to bytes in UTF-8).
>
>   
\u Syntax is java Syntax, and is *NOT* UTF8-Encoding!
Both of them are unicode, but the encoding scheme is different. At the 
moment it works fine, if you use an editor, which can handle unicode 
properly.

But it is good idea, instead of introducing a new proprietary ~[xx] 
style, use a n existing standard, as e.g. the \u4 notation.