Unicode read from notecards

I have a notecard with, for example, this line:

arrivés à l'entrée

The special characters look fine when opening it in SL editor.

I read it with this script:

key g_QueryID;
key g_Agent;

default
{
    state_entry()
    {
        llSay(0, "Ready");
    }

    touch_start(integer total_number)
    {
        g_QueryID = llGetNotecardLine("messages.Fr", 0); 
        g_Agent = llDetectedKey(0);
    }
    
      dataserver(key query_id, string data) 
      {
          llOwnerSay("Len: " + (string)llStringLength(data));
          llSay(0, "Say: " + llEscapeURL(data));
          llOwnerSay("OwnerSay: " + data);
          llInstantMessage(g_Agent, "IM: " + data);
        }
}

Here is what it prints out when I click on the object:

[14:37]  Object: Len: 15
[14:37]  Object: Say: arrivs%20%20l%27entre
[14:37]  Object: OwnerSay: arrivs  l'entre
[14:37]  Object: IM: arrivs  l'entre

I tried printing it several ways, to insure I'm seeing what I think I'm seeing.

Not only are the special characters gone, but the length of what was read doesn't even include them (otherwise Len would be 1.

Does reading notecards and dataserver events not support special characters and unicode?

Rj

The dataserver supports Unicode fine, unfortunately LSL can't directly handle it. In order to display Unicode characters, you need to represent them in escaped UTF-8 format, then convert with llUnescapeURL before display.

E.g., the following code correctly prints "arrivés à l'entrée".

        string str = "arriv%C3%A9s%20%C3%A0%20l'entr%C3%A9e";
        llOwnerSay(llUnescapeURL(str));

Makes it difficult to create notecards meant for both human and LSL consumption, however.

-peekay

The dataserver supports Unicode fine, unfortunately LSL can't directly handle it. In order to display Unicode characters, you need to represent them in escaped UTF-8 format, then convert with llUnescapeURL before display.

E.g., the following code correctly prints "arrivés à l'entrée".

        string str = "arriv%C3%A9s%20%C3%A0%20l'entr%C3%A9e";
        llOwnerSay(llUnescapeURL(str));

Makes it difficult to create notecards meant for both human and LSL consumption, however.

-peekay

Thanks peekay - I was almost there... I finally resolved myself to the unescape direction, but was trying to get the right escape codes. It's working great now.

Rj