Serious ;-): How does Windows pass non-ascii filename to executable?

Corinna Vinschen corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com
Tue Nov 1 10:10:00 GMT 2005


On Nov  1 01:00, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> Making the app non-console has nothing to do with this.  Even with WinMain
> (which is probably what you were thinking about), you have to use the
> hippos (i.e., the initial "w") to make it Unicode.

Igor, that's Unicorn, not Unicode.  However, beats me how hippos can
help to make unicorns.  Well, I guess they are near relatives, what with
the natural grace and everything, but on the genetic side I see a
problem or two...


Corinna



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