[Solved] Inserting unique letters?

[017Bluefield]

Is there a way to insert unique letters such as é and ł into the script, such as in the gui.about section? I tried putting ł directly into the script earlier, but it messed with the formatting and turned into a different letter entirely.

[Imperf3kt]

Does the font you are using support the character/s?

[017Bluefield]

Yes, Open Sans does support it.

One other thing, I tried putting it in a different spot and it worked, but when I tried to put it where I wanted it, it gave me the weird formatting at the beginning and ending of that line.

This is the first example, which didn't work:

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define gui.about = _("""\
Created by ***.

SFX from ***.
                     
Music:
\"***\" by *** Musiał.""")

Now here's the second, which did work:

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define gui.about = _("""\
Created by ***.
ł
SFX from ***.
                     
Music:
\"***\" by *** Musial.""")

[xavimat]

Yes, Open Sans does support it.

One other thing, I tried putting it in a different spot and it worked, but when I tried to put it where I wanted it, it gave me the weird formatting at the beginning and ending of that line.

This is the first example, which didn't work:

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define gui.about = _("""\
Created by ***.

SFX from ***.
                     
Music:
\"***\" by *** Musiał.""")

Now here's the second, which did work:

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define gui.about = _("""\
Created by ***.
ł
SFX from ***.
                     
Music:
\"***\" by *** Musial.""")

That's strange...
- Do you need to scape the quotes " when you are inside a triple-quoted block?
- Have you tried typographical quotes instead of straight ones? “”
- Why do you need the first backslash?

[017Bluefield]

• First: I believe so?
• Second: No, not yet
• Third: I don't know, the first backslash was part of the gui.about code.

[Imperf3kt]

You do not need to escape quotes within a triple quoted block, as far as I know. I never have and so far I've had no troubles (I make use of triple quotes a lot)

[017Bluefield]

Tested getting rid of the first \ before the first line of text...

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define gui.about = _("""Created by ***.

SFX from ***.
                     
Music:
\"***\" by *** Musiał, for the game {i}***{/i}.""")

No dice.

BTW, the error adds \u to the start of the last line, and replaces ł with Å,. Yes, it replaces one unique character with a different character and a...comma?

[Imperf3kt]

I may have been mistaken.
I am not able to check right now.

[Remix]

Try:
# Upper case
\u0141
or
# Lower case
\u0142

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define gui.about = _("""\
Created by ***.

SFX from ***.
                     
Music:
"***" by *** Musia\u0142.""")

If that still outputs an odd looking character, open the font in Start->Windows Accessories->Character Map (or whatever on *nix/mac) and find the unicode character reference...

[Imperf3kt]

Tested getting rid of the first \ before the first line of text...

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define gui.about = _("""Created by ***.

SFX from ***.
                     
Music:
\"***\" by *** Musiał, for the game {i}***{/i}.""")

No dice.

BTW, the error adds \u to the start of the last line, and replaces ł with Å,. Yes, it replaces one unique character with a different character and a...comma?

I think it is because you are still escaping the quotes. Removing the escape characters works fine for me.

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define gui.about = _("""Created by ***.

SFX from ***.
                     
Music:
"***" by *** Musiał, for the game {i}***{/i}.""")

And a screenshot from in-game


Leaving them in causes issues.

[017Bluefield]

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I think it is because you are still escaping the quotes. Removing the escape characters works fine for me.

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define gui.about = _("""Created by ***.

SFX from ***.
                     
Music:
"***" by *** Musiał, for the game {i}***{/i}.""")

And a screenshot from in-game


Leaving them in causes issues.

Ohhhhhh, okay. Sorry, I was under the impression that \" \" was necessary.

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"***" by ...

So in future, just use " " in the triple quotes. Got it. Thanks.