Merge branch 'develop' into ryzomclassic-develop

nel/include/nel/gui/css_parser.h

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 
 	private:
 		// stylesheet currently parsed
-		ucstring _Style;
+		std::string _Style;
 		// keep track of current position in _Style
 		size_t _Position;
 
@@ -70,49 +70,49 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		void preprocess();
 
 		// parse selectors + combinators
-		std::vector<CCssSelector> parse_selector(const ucstring &sel, std::string &pseudoElement) const;
+		std::vector<CCssSelector> parse_selector(const std::string &sel, std::string &pseudoElement) const;
 
 		// parse selector and style
-		void parseRule(const ucstring &selectorString, const ucstring &styleString);
+		void parseRule(const std::string &selectorString, const std::string &styleString);
 
 		inline bool is_eof() const
 		{
 			return _Position >= _Style.size();
 		}
 
-		inline bool is_whitespace(ucchar ch) const
+		inline bool is_whitespace(char ch) const
 		{
-			return (ch == (ucchar)' ' || ch == (ucchar)'\t' || ch == (ucchar)'\n');
+			return (ch == ' ' || ch == '\t' || ch == '\n');
 		}
 
-		inline bool is_hex(ucchar ch) const
+		inline bool is_hex(char ch) const
 		{
-			return ((ch >= (ucchar)'0' && ch <= (ucchar)'9') ||
-					(ch >= (ucchar)'a' && ch <= (ucchar)'f') ||
-					(ch >= (ucchar)'A' && ch <= (ucchar)'F'));
+			return ((ch >= '0' && ch <= '9') ||
+					(ch >= 'a' && ch <= 'f') ||
+					(ch >= 'A' && ch <= 'F'));
 		}
 
 		inline bool maybe_escape() const
 		{
 			// escaping newline (\n) only allowed inside strings
-			return (_Style.size() - _Position) >= 1 && _Style[_Position] == (ucchar)'\\' && _Style[_Position+1] != '\n';
+			return (_Style.size() - _Position) >= 1 && _Style[_Position] == '\\' && _Style[_Position+1] != '\n';
 		}
 
-		inline bool is_quote(ucchar ch) const
+		inline bool is_quote(char ch) const
 		{
-			return	ch== (ucchar)'"' || ch == (ucchar)'\'';
+			return	ch== '"' || ch == '\'';
 		}
 
-		inline bool is_block_open(ucchar ch) const
+		inline bool is_block_open(char ch) const
 		{
-			return	ch == (ucchar)'{' || ch == (ucchar)'[' || ch == (ucchar)'(';
+			return	ch == (char)'{' || ch == (char)'[' || ch == (char)'(';
 		}
 
-		inline bool is_block_close(ucchar ch, ucchar open) const
+		inline bool is_block_close(char ch, char open) const
 		{
-			return ((open == '{' && ch == (ucchar)'}') ||
-					(open == '[' && ch == (ucchar)']') ||
-					(open == '(' && ch == (ucchar)')'));
+			return ((open == '{' && ch == (char)'}') ||
+					(open == '[' && ch == (char)']') ||
+					(open == '(' && ch == (char)')'));
 		}
 
 		inline bool is_comment_open() const
@@ -120,25 +120,25 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			if (_Position+1 > _Style.size())
 				return false;
 
-			return _Style[_Position] == (ucchar)'/' && _Style[_Position+1] == (ucchar)'*';
+			return _Style[_Position] == (char)'/' && _Style[_Position+1] == (char)'*';
 		}
 
-		inline bool is_nonascii(ucchar ch) const
+		inline bool is_nonascii(char ch) const
 		{
 			return ch >= 0x80 /*&&  ch <= 255*/;
 		}
 
-		inline bool is_alpha(ucchar ch) const
+		inline bool is_alpha(char ch) const
 		{
 			return (ch >= 'a' && ch <= 'z') || (ch >= 'A' && ch <= 'Z');
 		}
 
-		inline bool is_digit(ucchar ch) const
+		inline bool is_digit(char ch) const
 		{
 			return ch >= '0' && ch <= '9';
 		}
 
-		inline bool is_nmchar(ucchar ch) const
+		inline bool is_nmchar(char ch) const
 		{
 			// checking escape here does not check if next char is '\n' or not
 			return ch == '_' || ch == '-' || is_alpha(ch) || is_digit(ch) || is_nonascii(ch) || ch == '\\'/*is_escape(ch)*/;

nel/include/nel/gui/ctrl_base.h

@@ -85,9 +85,10 @@ namespace NLGUI
 
 
 		/// Get the ContextHelp for this control. Default is to return _ContextHelp
-		virtual void		getContextHelp(ucstring &help) const {help= _ContextHelp;}
+		virtual void		getContextHelp(std::string &help) const {help= _ContextHelp;}
+		virtual void		getContextHelpAsUtf16(ucstring &help) const {help.fromUtf8(_ContextHelp);}
 		/// Get the ContextHelp for this control, with tooltip specific code. Default behaviour is identical to getContextHelp.
-		virtual void		getContextHelpToolTip(ucstring &help) const { getContextHelp(help); }
+		virtual void		getContextHelpToolTip(std::string &help) const { getContextHelp(help); }
 		// Get the name of the context help window. Default to "context_help"
 		virtual std::string getContextHelpWindowName() const;
 		/// Get the ContextHelp ActionHandler. If "", noop
@@ -123,8 +124,10 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		void				setToolTipPosRef(THotSpot pos) { _ToolTipPosRef = pos;}
 
 		/// replace the default contextHelp
-		ucstring			getDefaultContextHelp() const {return _ContextHelp;}
-		void				setDefaultContextHelp(const ucstring &help) {_ContextHelp= help;}
+		std::string			getDefaultContextHelp() const {return _ContextHelp;}
+		void				setDefaultContextHelp(const std::string &help) {_ContextHelp= help;}
+		ucstring			getDefaultContextHelpAsUtf16() const {return ucstring::makeFromUtf8(_ContextHelp);}
+		void				setDefaultContextHelpAsUtf16(const ucstring &help) {_ContextHelp= help.toUtf8();}
 		void				setOnContextHelp(const std::string &help) {_OnContextHelp= help;}
 		void				setOnContextHelpAHParams(const std::string &p) {_OnContextHelpParams= p;}
 
@@ -158,7 +161,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		int luaSetTooltipUtf8(CLuaState &ls);
 
 		REFLECT_EXPORT_START(CCtrlBase, CViewBase)
-			REFLECT_UCSTRING("tooltip", getDefaultContextHelp, setDefaultContextHelp);
+			REFLECT_UCSTRING("tooltip", getDefaultContextHelpAsUtf16, setDefaultContextHelpAsUtf16); // FIXME: Lua UTF-8
 			REFLECT_LUA_METHOD("setTooltipUtf8", luaSetTooltipUtf8);
 		REFLECT_EXPORT_END
 
@@ -171,7 +174,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 
 	protected:
 		// This is the ContextHelp filled by default in parse()
-		ucstring			_ContextHelp;
+		std::string			_ContextHelp;
 		CStringShared		_OnContextHelp;
 		CStringShared		_OnContextHelpParams;
 		CStringShared		_ToolTipSpecialParent;

nel/include/nel/gui/ctrl_text_button.h

@@ -96,8 +96,10 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		bool			getTextModulateGlobalColorOver() const {return _TextModulateGlobalColorOver;}
 		void			setTextModulateGlobalColorOver(bool v) {_TextModulateGlobalColorOver= v;}
 		// Set text (noop if text id)
-		void			setText (const ucstring &text);
-		ucstring		getText () const;
+		void			setText (const std::string &text);
+		std::string		getText () const;
+		void			setTextAsUtf16 (const ucstring &text);
+		ucstring		getTextAsUtf16 () const;
 
 		void			setHardText (const std::string &text);
 		std::string		getHardText () const;
@@ -130,7 +132,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		int luaGetViewText(CLuaState &ls);
 
 		REFLECT_EXPORT_START(CCtrlTextButton, CCtrlBaseButton)
-			REFLECT_UCSTRING("uc_hardtext", getText, setText);
+			REFLECT_UCSTRING("uc_hardtext", getTextAsUtf16, setTextAsUtf16);
 			REFLECT_STRING("hardtext", getHardText, setHardText);
 			REFLECT_SINT32("text_x", getTextX, setTextX)
 			REFLECT_SINT32("wmargin", getWMargin, setWMargin)

nel/include/nel/gui/event_descriptor.h

@@ -82,13 +82,13 @@ public:
 		return _Key;
 	}
 	// return the char that has been pressed. The key event type MUST be 'keychar', else => assert
-	ucchar getChar() const
+	u32char getChar() const
 	{
 		nlassert(_KeyEvent == keychar);
 		return _Char;
 	}
 	// return the string that has been sent. The key event type MUST be 'keystring', else => assert
-	ucstring getString() const
+	std::string getString() const
 	{
 		nlassert(_KeyEvent == keystring);
 		return _String;
@@ -141,9 +141,9 @@ private:
 	union
 	{
 		NLMISC::TKey	_Key;
-		ucchar			_Char;
+		u32char			_Char;
 	};
-	ucstring		_String;
+	std::string			_String;
 };
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

nel/include/nel/gui/group_container.h

@@ -248,6 +248,13 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		// Get the header color draw. NB: depends if grayed, and if active.
 		NLMISC::CRGBA	getDrawnHeaderColor () const;
 
+		std::string		getTitleRaw () const;
+		void			setTitleRaw (const std::string &title);
+		std::string		getTitleOpenedRaw () const;
+		void			setTitleOpenedRaw (const std::string &title);
+		std::string		getTitleClosedRaw () const;
+		void			setTitleClosedRaw (const std::string &title);
+
 		ucstring		getUCTitleOpened () const;
 		void			setUCTitleOpened (const ucstring &title);
 		ucstring		getUCTitleClosed () const;
@@ -287,9 +294,15 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			REFLECT_STRING("title", getTitle, setTitle);
 			REFLECT_STRING("title_opened", getTitleOpened, setTitleOpened);
 			REFLECT_STRING("title_closed", getTitleClosed, setTitleClosed);
-			REFLECT_UCSTRING("uc_title_opened", getUCTitleOpened, setUCTitleOpened);
-			REFLECT_UCSTRING("uc_title_closed", getUCTitleClosed, setUCTitleClosed);
-			REFLECT_UCSTRING("uc_title", getUCTitle, setUCTitle);
+
+			REFLECT_STRING("title_raw", getTitleRaw, setTitleRaw);
+			REFLECT_STRING("title_opened_raw", getTitleOpenedRaw, setTitleOpenedRaw);
+			REFLECT_STRING("title_closed_raw", getTitleClosedRaw, setTitleClosedRaw);
+
+			REFLECT_UCSTRING("uc_title_opened", getUCTitleOpened, setUCTitleOpened); // FIXME: Lua UTF-8
+			REFLECT_UCSTRING("uc_title_closed", getUCTitleClosed, setUCTitleClosed); // FIXME: Lua UTF-8
+			REFLECT_UCSTRING("uc_title", getUCTitle, setUCTitle); // FIXME: Lua UTF-8
+
 			REFLECT_STRING("title_color", getTitleColorAsString, setTitleColorAsString);
 			REFLECT_SINT32("pop_min_h", getPopupMinH, setPopupMinH);
 			REFLECT_SINT32("pop_max_h", getPopupMaxH, setPopupMaxH);
@@ -477,8 +490,8 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		float				_CurrentRolloverAlphaContainer;
 		float				_CurrentRolloverAlphaContent;
 		sint32				_LayerSetup;
-		ucstring			_TitleTextOpened;
-		ucstring			_TitleTextClosed;
+		std::string			_TitleTextOpened;
+		std::string			_TitleTextClosed;
 		CViewText			*_TitleOpened;
 		CViewText			*_TitleClosed;
 		sint32				_TitleDeltaMaxW;

nel/include/nel/gui/group_editbox.h

@@ -65,15 +65,15 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		/// Accessors
 		std::string getInputString() const;
 		std::string getPrompt() const;
-		const u32string &getInputStringRef() const { return _InputString; }
-		const u32string &getPromptRef() const { return _Prompt; }
+		const ::u32string &getInputStringRef() const { return _InputString; }
+		const ::u32string &getPromptRef() const { return _Prompt; }
 
 		/** Set the prompt
 		  * NB : line returns are encoded as '\n', not '\r\n'
 		  */
 		void		setPrompt(const std::string &s);
 		void		setInputString(const std::string &str);
-		void		setInputStringRef(const u32string &str) {_InputString = str; };
+		void		setInputStringRef(const ::u32string &str) {_InputString = str; };
 		void		setInputStringAsInt(sint32 val);
 		sint32		getInputStringAsInt() const;
 		void		setInputStringAsInt64(sint64 val);
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		float		getInputStringAsFloat() const;
 		void		setInputStringAsUtf16(const ucstring &str);
 		ucstring    getInputStringAsUtf16() const;
-		void		setInputStringAsUtf32(const u32string &str);
-		u32string   getInputStringAsUtf32() const { return _InputString; }
+		void		setInputStringAsUtf32(const ::u32string &str);
+		::u32string   getInputStringAsUtf32() const { return _InputString; }
 		void		setColor(NLMISC::CRGBA col);
 
 
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 
 		static CGroupEditBox *getMenuFather() { return _MenuFather; }
 
-		void setCommand(const ucstring &command, bool execute);
+		void setCommand(const std::string &command, bool execute);
 
 		// Stop parent from blinking
 		void		stopParentBlink() { if (_Parent) _Parent->disableBlink(); }
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		sint32	getMaxHistoric() const {return _MaxHistoric;}
 		sint32	getCurrentHistoricIndex () const {return _CurrentHistoricIndex;}
 		void	setCurrentHistoricIndex (sint32 index) {_CurrentHistoricIndex=index;}
-		const u32string	&getHistoric(uint32 index) const {return _Historic[index];}
+		const ::u32string	&getHistoric(uint32 index) const {return _Historic[index];}
 		uint32	getNumHistoric() const {return (uint32)_Historic.size ();}
 
 		// Get on change action handler
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		// Paste the selection into buffer
 		void		paste();
 		// Write the string into buffer
-		void		writeString(const ucstring &str, bool replace = true, bool atEnd = true);
+		void		writeString(const ucstring &str, bool replace = true, bool atEnd = true); // UTF-16 because of Clipboard implementation
 
 		// Expand the expression (true if there was a '/' at the start of the line)
 		bool		expand();
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		virtual void onKeyboardCaptureLost();
 
 		// set the input string as "default". will be reseted at first click (used for user information)
-		void	setDefaultInputString(const ucstring &str);
+		void	setDefaultInputString(const std::string &str);
 
 		// For Interger and PositiveInteger, can specify min and max values
 		void	setIntegerMinValue(sint32 minValue) {_IntegerMinValue=minValue;}
@@ -229,17 +229,17 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		NLMISC::CRGBA	_BackSelectColor;
 
 		// Text info
-		u32string	_Prompt;
-		u32string	_InputString;
+		::u32string	_Prompt;
+		::u32string	_InputString;
 		CViewText	*_ViewText;
 
 		// undo / redo
-		u32string	_StartInputString;  // value of the input string when focus was acuired first
-		u32string	_ModifiedInputString;
+		::u32string	_StartInputString;  // value of the input string when focus was acuired first
+		::u32string	_ModifiedInputString;
 
 
 		// Historic info
-		typedef std::deque<u32string>		THistoric;
+		typedef std::deque<::u32string>		THistoric;
 		THistoric	_Historic;
 		uint32		_MaxHistoric;
 		sint32		_CurrentHistoricIndex;
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		bool	_CanRedo                   : 1;
 		bool	_CanUndo                   : 1;
 
-		std::vector<char>					_NegativeFilter;
+		std::vector<u32char>					_NegativeFilter;
 
 		sint	_CursorTexID;
 		sint32	_CursorWidth;
@@ -299,13 +299,13 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		void handleEventString(const NLGUI::CEventDescriptorKey &event);
 		void setup();
 		void triggerOnChangeAH();
-		void appendStringFromClipboard(const ucstring &str);
+		void appendStringFromClipboard(const ucstring &str); // UTF-16 because of Clipboard implementation
 
-		ucstring	getSelection();
+		ucstring	getSelection(); // UTF-16 because of Clipboard implementation
 
 		static CGroupEditBox *_MenuFather;
 
-		static bool isValidAlphaNumSpace(ucchar c)
+		static bool isValidAlphaNumSpace(u32char c)
 		{
 			if (c > 255) return false;
 			char ac = (char) c;
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 				ac==' ';
 		}
 
-		static bool isValidAlphaNum(ucchar c)
+		static bool isValidAlphaNum(u32char c)
 		{
 			if (c > 255) return false;
 			char ac = (char) c;
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 				   (ac >= 'A' && ac <= 'Z');
 		}
 
-		static bool isValidAlpha(ucchar c)
+		static bool isValidAlpha(u32char c)
 		{
 			if (c > 255) return false;
 			char ac = (char) c;
@@ -332,13 +332,13 @@ namespace NLGUI
 				   (ac >= 'A' && ac <= 'Z');
 		}
 
-		static bool isValidPlayerNameChar(ucchar c)
+		static bool isValidPlayerNameChar(u32char c)
 		{
 			// valid player name (with possible shard prefix / suffix format
 			return isValidAlpha(c) || c=='.' || c=='(' || c==')';
 		}
 
-		static bool isValidFilenameChar(ucchar c)
+		static bool isValidFilenameChar(u32char c)
 		{
 			if (c == '\\' ||
 				c == '/' ||
@@ -352,12 +352,12 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			return true;
 		}
 		//
-		bool isFiltered(ucchar c)
+		bool isFiltered(u32char c)
 		{
-			uint length = (uint)_NegativeFilter.size();
-			for (uint k = 0; k < length; ++k)
+			ptrdiff_t length = _NegativeFilter.size();
+			for (ptrdiff_t k = 0; k < length; ++k)
 			{
-				if ((ucchar) _NegativeFilter[k] == c) return true;
+				if (_NegativeFilter[k] == c) return true;
 			}
 			return false;
 		}

nel/include/nel/gui/group_html.h

@@ -320,16 +320,16 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		void clearContext();
 
 		// Translate a char
-		bool translateChar(ucchar &output, ucchar input, ucchar lastChar) const;
+		bool translateChar(u32char &output, u32char input, u32char lastChar) const;
 
 		// Add a string in the current paragraph
-		void addString(const ucstring &str);
+		void addString(const std::string &str);
 
 		// Add an image in the current paragraph
 		void addImage(const std::string &id, const std::string &img, bool reloadImg=false, const CStyleParams &style = CStyleParams());
 
 		// Add a text area in the current paragraph
-		CInterfaceGroup *addTextArea (const std::string &templateName, const char *name, uint rows, uint cols, bool multiLine, const ucstring &content, uint maxlength);
+		CInterfaceGroup *addTextArea (const std::string &templateName, const char *name, uint rows, uint cols, bool multiLine, const std::string &content, uint maxlength);
 
 		// Add a combo box in the current paragraph
 		CDBGroupComboBox *addComboBox(const std::string &templateName, const char *name);
@@ -350,9 +350,9 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		void flushString();
 
 		// Set the title
-		void setTitle (const ucstring &title);
 		void setTitle (const std::string &title);
 		std::string getTitle() const;
+		void setTitleRaw (const std::string &title);
 
 		// Lookup a url in local file system
 		bool lookupLocalFile (std::string &result, const char *url, bool isUrl);
@@ -392,10 +392,10 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		bool			_TrustedDomain;
 
 		// Title prefix
-		ucstring		_TitlePrefix;
+		std::string		_TitlePrefix;
 
 		// Title string
-		ucstring		_TitleString;
+		std::string		_TitleString;
 
 		// Need to browse next update coords..
 		bool			_BrowseNextTime;
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 				std::string		Name;
 
 				// Variable value
-				ucstring		Value;
+				std::string		Value;
 
 				// Text area group
 				CInterfaceGroup *TextArea;
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		// Current node is a text area
 		bool			_TextArea;
 		std::string		_TextAreaTemplate;
-		ucstring		_TextAreaContent;
+		std::string		_TextAreaContent;
 		std::string		_TextAreaName;
 		uint			_TextAreaRow;
 		uint			_TextAreaCols;
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 
 		// current mode is in select option
 		bool			_SelectOption;
-		ucstring		_SelectOptionStr;
+		std::string		_SelectOptionStr;
 
 		// Current node is a object
 		std::string		_ObjectType;
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		void spliceFragment(std::list<CHtmlElement>::iterator src);
 
 		// decode all HTML entities
-		static ucstring decodeHTMLEntities(const ucstring &str);
+		static std::string decodeHTMLEntities(const std::string &str);
 
 		struct CDataImageDownload
 		{

nel/include/nel/gui/group_list.h

@@ -67,13 +67,13 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		* \param line : text to be added
 		* \param color : text color
 		*/
-		void addTextChild (const ucstring& line,const NLMISC::CRGBA &textColor, bool multiLine = true);
+		void addTextChild (const std::string& line,const NLMISC::CRGBA &textColor, bool multiLine = true);
 
 		/**
 		* add a text child element to the group, using the text template
 		* \param line : text to be added
 		*/
-		void addTextChild (const ucstring& line, bool multiLine = true);
+		void addTextChild (const std::string& line, bool multiLine = true);
 
 		/// Same as adding a text child but the text will be taken from the string manager
 		void addTextChildID (uint32 id, bool multiLine = true);

nel/include/nel/gui/group_menu.h

@@ -122,12 +122,12 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		// retrieve the index of a line from its id (-1 if not found)
 		sint getLineFromId(const std::string &id);
 
-		CViewTextMenu* addLine (const ucstring &name, const std::string &ah,
+		CViewTextMenu* addLine (const std::string &name, const std::string &ah,
 								const std::string &params, const std::string &id="",
 								const std::string &cond = std::string(), const std::string &texture="",
 								bool checkable = false, bool checked = false, bool formatted = false
 							   );
-		CViewTextMenu* addLineAtIndex(uint index, const ucstring &name, const std::string &ah,
+		CViewTextMenu* addLineAtIndex(uint index, const std::string &name, const std::string &ah,
 									  const std::string &params, const std::string &id="",
 									  const std::string &cond = std::string(), const std::string &texture="",
 									  bool checkable = false, bool checked = false, bool formatted = false
@@ -332,12 +332,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		virtual void setActive (bool state);
 
 		virtual bool isWindowUnder (sint32 x, sint32 y);
-
-		// add line with a string, for backward compatibility
-		void addLine (const std::string &name, const std::string &ah, const std::string &params,
-					  const std::string &id = std::string(),
-					  const std::string &cond = std::string(), const std::string &texture="",
-					  bool checkable = false, bool checked = false);
+		
 		uint getNumLine() const;
 		void deleteLine(uint index);
 		const std::string getActionHandler(uint lineIndex) const;
@@ -350,12 +345,12 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		void setRightClickHandler(uint lineIndex, const std::string &ah = "");
 		void setRightClickHandlerParam(uint lineIndex, const std::string &params = "");
 
-		void addLine (const ucstring &name, const std::string &ah = "", const std::string &params = "",
+		void addLine (const std::string &name, const std::string &ah = "", const std::string &params = "",
 					  const std::string &id = std::string(),
 					  const std::string &cond = std::string(), const std::string &texture="",
 					  bool checkable = false, bool checked = false
 					 );
-		void addLineAtIndex (uint index, const ucstring &name, const std::string &ah = "", const std::string &params = "",
+		void addLineAtIndex (uint index, const std::string &name, const std::string &ah = "", const std::string &params = "",
 							 const std::string &id = std::string(),
 							 const std::string &cond = std::string(), const std::string &texture="",
 							 bool checkable = false, bool checked = false

nel/include/nel/gui/group_paragraph.h

@@ -84,13 +84,13 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		* \param line : text to be added
 		* \param color : text color
 		*/
-		void addTextChild (const ucstring& line,const NLMISC::CRGBA &textColor, bool multiLine = true);
+		void addTextChild (const std::string& line,const NLMISC::CRGBA &textColor, bool multiLine = true);
 
 		/**
 		* add a text child element to the group, using the text template
 		* \param line : text to be added
 		*/
-		void addTextChild (const ucstring& line, bool multiLine = true);
+		void addTextChild (const std::string& line, bool multiLine = true);
 
 		/// Same as adding a text child but the text will be taken from the string manager
 		void addTextChildID (uint32 id, bool multiLine = true);

nel/include/nel/gui/group_tree.h

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			bool				Show;			// If false, the node is not displayed (true default, Root ignored)
 			sint32				YDecal;
 			// Text
-			ucstring			Text;			// Internationalized displayed text
+			std::string			Text;			// Internationalized displayed text
 			sint32				FontSize;		// If -1 (default), then take the groupTree one
 			NLMISC::CRGBA		Color;
 			// Template
@@ -112,8 +112,10 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			std::string getBitmap() const { return Bitmap; }
 			void setOpened(bool opened) { Opened = opened; }
 			bool getOpened() const { return Opened; }
-			void setText(const ucstring &text) { Text = text; }
-			const ucstring& getText() const { return Text; }
+			void setText(const std::string &text) { Text = text; }
+			const std::string& getText() const { return Text; }
+			void setTextAsUtf16(const ucstring &text) { Text = text.toUtf8(); }
+			ucstring getTextAsUtf16() const { return ucstring::makeFromUtf8(Text); }
 			sint32 getFontSize() const { return FontSize; }
 			void setFontSize(sint32 value) { FontSize = value; }
 			sint32 getYDecal() const { return YDecal; }
@@ -181,7 +183,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 				REFLECT_STRING("AHParamsClose", getAHParamsClose, setAHParamsClose);
 				REFLECT_BOOL("Opened", getOpened, setOpened);
 				REFLECT_BOOL("Show", getShow, setShow);
-				REFLECT_UCSTRING_REF("Text", getText, setText);
+				REFLECT_UCSTRING("Text", getTextAsUtf16, setTextAsUtf16); // FIXME: Lua UTF-8
 				// lua
 				REFLECT_LUA_METHOD("getNumChildren", luaGetNumChildren);
 				REFLECT_LUA_METHOD("getChild", luaGetChild);

nel/include/nel/gui/interface_expr.h

@@ -59,16 +59,14 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		bool                   getBool() const;
 		sint64                 getInteger() const;
 		double                 getDouble() const;
-		std::string			   getString() const;
+		const std::string	   &getString() const;
 		NLMISC::CRGBA		   getRGBA() const;
-		const ucstring		  &getUCString() const;
 		CInterfaceExprUserType *getUserType() const;
 		// set
 		void               setBool(bool value) { clean(); _Type = Boolean; _BoolValue = value; }
 		void               setInteger(sint64 value) { clean(); _Type = Integer; _IntegerValue = value; }
 		void               setDouble(double value) { clean(); _Type = Double; _DoubleValue = value; }
 		void               setString(const std::string &value) { clean(); _Type = String; _StringValue = value; }
-		void               setUCString(const ucstring &value) { clean(); _Type = String; _StringValue = value; }
 		void			   setRGBA(NLMISC::CRGBA value) { clean(); _Type = RGBA; _RGBAValue = (uint32)(value.R+(value.G<<8)+(value.B<<16)+(value.A<<24)); }
 		void               setUserType(CInterfaceExprUserType *value);
 		// reset this object to initial state (no type)
@@ -99,7 +97,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			CInterfaceExprUserType *_UserTypeValue;
 			uint32					_RGBAValue;
 		};
-		ucstring					_StringValue; // well, can't fit in union, unless we do some horrible hack..
+		std::string					_StringValue; // well, can't fit in union, unless we do some horrible hack..
 	private:
 		const char *evalBoolean(const char *expr);
 		const char *evalNumber(const char *expr);

nel/include/nel/gui/string_case.h

@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 
 namespace NLGUI
 {
-
 	enum TCaseMode
 	{
 		CaseNormal = 0,					// Nothing done
@@ -37,11 +36,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		CaseCount
 	};
 
-
-	void setCase( ucstring &str, TCaseMode mode );
 	void setCase( std::string &str, TCaseMode mode );
-
-
 }
 
 #endif

nel/include/nel/gui/view_pointer.h

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		bool getStringMode() const {return _StringMode;}
 
 		// Set cursor string
-		void setString (const ucstring &str);
+		void setString (const std::string &str);
 
 		// TEMP PATCH
 		void setCursor (const std::string &name)
@@ -126,14 +126,14 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		bool				_ForceStringMode;
 		CInterfaceGroup		*_StringCursor;
 		CInterfaceGroup		*_StringCursorHardware;
-		ucstring			_ContextString;
+		std::string			_ContextString;
 
 		// draw current cursor with the given texture, or, if in hardware mode, change the hardware cursor shape
 		void drawCursor(sint32 texId, NLMISC::CRGBA col, uint8 rot);
 
 	private:
 		// set the string into frame for software or hardware version
-		void setString (const ucstring &str, CInterfaceGroup *target);
+		void setString(const std::string &str, CInterfaceGroup *target);
 
 		static bool hwMouse;
 

nel/include/nel/gui/view_text.h

@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		int luaSetLineMaxW(CLuaState &ls);
 
 		REFLECT_EXPORT_START(CViewText, CViewBase)
-			REFLECT_STRING("text", getText, setText);
+			REFLECT_STRING("text_raw", getText, setText);
 			REFLECT_STRING("hardtext", getHardText, setHardText);
 			// REFLECT_UCSTRING("uc_text", getTextAsUtf16, setTextAsUtf16); // Deprecate uc_ functions
 			REFLECT_UCSTRING("uc_hardtext", getHardTextAsUtf16, setHardTextAsUtf16);
@@ -262,8 +262,8 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		// width of the font in pixel. Just a Hint for tabing format (computed with '_')
 		float	_FontWidth;
 		// strings to use when computing font size
-		ucstring _FontSizingChars;
-		ucstring _FontSizingFallback;
+		::u32string _FontSizingChars;
+		::u32string _FontSizingFallback;
 		// height of the font in pixel.
 		// use getFontHeight
 		float	_FontHeight;
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		void	addDontClipWordLine(std::vector<CWord> &currLine);
 
 		// FormatTag build.
-		static void		buildFormatTagText(const std::string &text, std::string &textBuild, std::vector<CFormatTag> &formatTags, std::vector<ucstring> &tooltips);
+		static void		buildFormatTagText(const std::string &text, std::string &textBuild, std::vector<CFormatTag> &formatTags, std::vector<std::string> &tooltips);
 		// FormatTag parsing.
 		bool			isFormatTagChange(uint textIndex, uint ctIndex) const;
 		void			getFormatTagChange(uint textIndex, uint &ctIndex, CFormatInfo &wordFormat) const;

nel/include/nel/gui/view_text_formated.h

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		{
 		public:
 			virtual ~IViewTextFormatter(){}
-			virtual ucstring formatString( const ucstring &inputString, const ucstring &paramString ) = 0;
+			virtual std::string formatString( const std::string &inputString, const std::string &paramString ) = 0;
 		};
 
 		CViewTextFormated (const TCtorParam &param) : CViewText(param)
@@ -55,15 +55,15 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		xmlNodePtr serialize( xmlNodePtr parentNode, const char *type ) const;
 		virtual bool parse(xmlNodePtr cur, CInterfaceGroup * parentGroup);
 		virtual void checkCoords();
-		const  ucstring &getFormatString() const { return _FormatString; }
-		void setFormatString(const ucstring &format);
+		const  std::string &getFormatString() const { return _FormatString; }
+		void setFormatString(const std::string &format);
 
-		static ucstring formatString(const ucstring &inputString, const ucstring &paramString);
+		static std::string formatString(const std::string &inputString, const std::string &paramString);
 
 		static void setFormatter( IViewTextFormatter *formatter ){ textFormatter = formatter; }
 
 	private:
-		ucstring	_FormatString;
+		std::string	_FormatString;
 		static IViewTextFormatter *textFormatter;
 	};
 

nel/include/nel/gui/view_text_id.h

@@ -58,8 +58,10 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		{
 		public:
 			virtual ~IViewTextProvider(){}
-			virtual bool getString( uint32 stringId, ucstring &result ) = 0;
-			virtual bool getDynString( uint32 dynStringId, ucstring &result ) = 0;
+			bool getString(uint32 stringId, std::string &result) { ucstring temp; bool res = getString(stringId, temp); result = temp.toUtf8(); return res;  }
+			bool getDynString(uint32 dynStringId, std::string &result) { ucstring temp; bool res = getDynString(dynStringId, temp); result = temp.toUtf8(); return res; }
+			virtual bool getString( uint32 stringId, ucstring &result ) = 0; // TODO: UTF-8
+			virtual bool getDynString( uint32 dynStringId, ucstring &result ) = 0; // TODO: UTF-8
 		};
 
 		CViewTextID(const TCtorParam &param) : CViewText(param)

nel/include/nel/gui/view_text_id_formated.h

@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		xmlNodePtr serialize( xmlNodePtr parentNode, const char *type ) const;
 		virtual bool parse(xmlNodePtr cur, CInterfaceGroup * parentGroup);
 		virtual void checkCoords();
-		const  ucstring &getFormatString() const { return _FormatString; }
-		void setFormatString(const ucstring &format);
+		const  std::string &getFormatString() const { return _FormatString; }
+		void setFormatString(const std::string &format);
 	private:
-		ucstring	_FormatString;
+		std::string	_FormatString;
 	};
 
 }

nel/include/nel/gui/widget_manager.h

@@ -333,8 +333,8 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		void updateTooltipCoords(CCtrlBase *newCtrl);
 		
 		/// for ContextHelp action handler only: set the result name
-		void setContextHelpText( const ucstring &text ){ _ContextHelpText = text; }
-		ucstring& getContextHelpText(){ return _ContextHelpText; }
+		void setContextHelpText( const std::string &text ){ _ContextHelpText = text; }
+		std::string& getContextHelpText(){ return _ContextHelpText; }
 		
 		/// force disable the context help
 		void disableContextHelp();
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 
 		SInterfaceTimes interfaceTimes;
 
-		ucstring _ContextHelpText;
+		std::string _ContextHelpText;
 		bool _ContextHelpActive;
 
 		bool inGame;

nel/include/nel/misc/common.h

@@ -227,8 +227,8 @@ inline double	isValidDouble (double v)
  * \param str a string to transform to lower case
  */
 
-std::string toLower ( const char *str ); // Ascii only
-std::string	toLower ( const std::string &str ); // Ascii only
+std::string toLower ( const char *str ); // UTF-8
+std::string	toLower ( const std::string &str ); // UTF-8
 void		toLower ( char *str ); // Ascii only
 char		toLower ( const char ch );	// convert only one character
 
@@ -236,8 +236,8 @@ char		toLower ( const char ch );	// convert only one character
  * \param a string to transform to upper case
  */
 
-// std::string toUpper ( const char *str ); // Ascii only
-std::string	toUpper ( const std::string &str); // Ascii only
+std::string toUpper ( const char *str ); // UTF-8
+std::string	toUpper ( const std::string &str); // UTF-8
 void		toUpper ( char *str); // Ascii only
 
 

nel/include/nel/misc/events.h

@@ -320,11 +320,11 @@ public:
 class CEventChar : public CEventKey
 {
 public:
-	CEventChar (ucchar c, TKeyButton button, IEventEmitter* emitter) : CEventKey (button, emitter, EventCharId), _Raw(true)
+	CEventChar (u32char c, TKeyButton button, IEventEmitter* emitter) : CEventKey (button, emitter, EventCharId), _Raw(true)
 	{
 		Char=c;
 	}
-	ucchar Char;
+	u32char Char;
 
 	virtual	CEvent			*clone() const {return new CEventChar(*this);}
 	void					setRaw( bool raw ) { _Raw = raw; }
@@ -341,11 +341,11 @@ private:
 class CEventString : public CEventKey
 {
 public:
-	CEventString (const ucstring &str, IEventEmitter* emitter) : CEventKey (noKeyButton, emitter, EventStringId)
+	CEventString (const std::string &str, IEventEmitter* emitter) : CEventKey (noKeyButton, emitter, EventStringId)
 	{
 		String = str;
 	}
-	ucstring String;
+	std::string String;
 
 	virtual	CEvent			*clone() const {return new CEventString(*this);}
 };

nel/include/nel/misc/i18n.h

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ public:
 
 	/// Return a vector with all language available. The vector contains the name of the language.
 	/// The index in the vector is used in \c load() function
-	static const std::vector<ucstring> &getLanguageNames();
+	static const std::vector<std::string> &getLanguageNames();
 
 	/** Return a vector with all language code available.
 	 *	Code are ISO 639-2 compliant.
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ public:
 	static void loadFromFilename (const std::string &filename, bool reload);
 
 	/// Returns the name of the language in the language name (English, Francais, ...)
-	static ucstring getCurrentLanguageName ();
+	static std::string getCurrentLanguageName ();
 
 	/// Returns the code of the language ("fr", "en", ...)
 	static std::string getCurrentLanguageCode ();
@@ -134,7 +134,10 @@ public:
 	static bool setSystemLanguageCode (const std::string &languageCode);
 
 	/// Find a string in the selected language and return his association.
-	static const ucstring &get (const std::string &label);
+	static const ucstring &getAsUtf16 (const std::string &label);
+
+	/// Find a string in the selected language and return his association.
+	static const std::string &get (const std::string &label);
 
 	// Test if a string has a translation in the selected language.
 	// NB : The empty string is considered to have a translation
@@ -219,24 +222,28 @@ public:
 
 private:
 
-	typedef std::map<std::string, ucstring>						StrMapContainer;
+	typedef std::map<std::string, std::string>					StrMapContainer;
+	typedef std::map<std::string, ucstring>						StrMapContainer16;
 
 	static ILoadProxy											*_LoadProxy;
 
 	static StrMapContainer										_StrMap;
+	static StrMapContainer16									_StrMap16;
 	static bool													_StrMapLoaded;
 
 	// the alternative language that will be used if the sentence is not found in the original language
 	static StrMapContainer										_StrMapFallback;
+	static StrMapContainer16									_StrMapFallback16;
 
 	static std::vector<std::string>								_LanguageCodes;
-	static std::vector<ucstring>								_LanguageNames;
+	static std::vector<std::string>								_LanguageNames;
 	static std::string											_SystemLanguageCode;
 
 	static bool													_LanguagesNamesLoaded;
 
 	static std::string											_SelectedLanguageCode;
-	static const ucstring										_NotTranslatedValue;
+	static const ucstring										_NotTranslatedValue16;
+	static const std::string									_NotTranslatedValue;
 
 	/** Structure to hold contextual info during
 	 *	read of preprocessed file
@@ -256,7 +263,7 @@ private:
 	/// Init _LanguageCodes and _LanguageNames
 	static void initLanguages();
 
-	static bool loadFileIntoMap(const std::string &filename, StrMapContainer &dest);
+	static bool loadFileIntoMap(const std::string &filename, StrMapContainer &dest, StrMapContainer16 &dest16);
 
 	/// The internal read function, it does the real job of readTextFile
 	static void _readTextFile(const std::string &filename,

nel/include/nel/misc/ucstring.h

@@ -260,12 +260,6 @@ ucstring toUpper(const ucstring &str);
 void toUpper(ucchar *str);
 ucchar toUpper(ucchar c);
 
-std::string toLowerAsUtf8(const char *str);
-std::string	toLowerAsUtf8(const std::string &str);
-
-std::string toUpperAsUtf8(const char *str);
-std::string	toUpperAsUtf8(const std::string &str);
-
 };
 
 #endif // NL_UCSTRING_H

nel/include/nel/misc/utf_string_view.h

@@ -54,11 +54,11 @@ public:
 
 	inline CUtfStringView(const ucstring &utf16Str) : m_Str(utf16Str.c_str()), m_Size(utf16Str.size() << 1), m_Iterator(utf16Iterator) {}
 	inline CUtfStringView(const ucchar *utf16Str) : m_Str(utf16Str), m_Size(strlen((const char *)utf16Str) & (ptrdiff_t)(-2)), m_Iterator(utf16Iterator) {}
-	inline CUtfStringView(const u32string &utf32Str) : m_Str(utf32Str.c_str()), m_Size(utf32Str.size() << 2), m_Iterator(utf32Iterator) {}
+	inline CUtfStringView(const ::u32string &utf32Str) : m_Str(utf32Str.c_str()), m_Size(utf32Str.size() << 2), m_Iterator(utf32Iterator) {}
 
 	std::string toUtf8(bool reEncode = false) const; // Makes a copy
 	ucstring toUtf16(bool reEncode = false) const; // Makes a copy
-	u32string toUtf32() const; // Makes a copy
+	::u32string toUtf32() const; // Makes a copy
 
 	std::wstring toWide() const; // Platform dependent, UTF-16 or UTF-32. Makes a copy.
 	std::string toAscii() const; // Returns only values 0-127, 7-bit ASCII. Makes a copy.

nel/samples/misc/i18n/main.cpp

@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
 	// load the language
 	CI18N::load(langName);
 
-	InfoLog->displayRawNL(CI18N::get("Hi").toString().c_str());
-	InfoLog->displayRawNL(CI18N::get("PresentI18N").toString().c_str(), "Nevrax");
-	InfoLog->displayRawNL(CI18N::get("ExitStr").toString().c_str());
+	InfoLog->displayRawNL(CI18N::get("Hi").c_str());
+	InfoLog->displayRawNL(CI18N::get("PresentI18N").c_str(), "Nevrax");
+	InfoLog->displayRawNL(CI18N::get("ExitStr").c_str());
 	getchar();
 
 	return EXIT_SUCCESS;

nel/src/3d/driver/direct3d/driver_direct3d.cpp

@@ -1265,6 +1265,10 @@ static LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hWnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM l
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	// https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/inputdev/wm-unichar
+	if (message == WM_UNICHAR)
+		return (wParam == UNICODE_NOCHAR);
+
 	return DefWindowProcW(hWnd, message, wParam, lParam);
 }
 

nel/src/3d/driver/opengl/driver_opengl_window.cpp

@@ -183,6 +183,10 @@ static LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hWnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM l
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	// https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/inputdev/wm-unichar
+	if (message == WM_UNICHAR)
+		return (wParam == UNICODE_NOCHAR);
+
 	return trapMessage ? 0 : DefWindowProcW(hWnd, message, wParam, lParam);
 }
 

nel/src/3d/driver/opengl/unix_event_emitter.cpp

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <X11/Xutil.h>
 #include <X11/XKBlib.h>
 #include "nel/misc/debug.h"
+#include "nel/misc/utf_string_view.h"
 
 #ifdef DEBUG_NEW
 #define new DEBUG_NEW
@@ -537,8 +538,7 @@ bool CUnixEventEmitter::processMessage (XEvent &event, CEventServer *server)
 		if (c > 0)
 		{
 #ifdef X_HAVE_UTF8_STRING
-			ucstring ucstr;
-			ucstr.fromUtf8(Text);
+			::u32string ucstr = NLMISC::CUtfStringView(Text).toUtf32();
 
 			CEventChar *charEvent = new CEventChar (ucstr[0], getKeyButton(event.xbutton.state), this);
 
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ bool CUnixEventEmitter::processMessage (XEvent &event, CEventServer *server)
 #else
 			for (int i = 0; i < c; i++)
 			{
-				CEventChar *charEvent = new CEventChar ((ucchar)(unsigned char)Text[i], getKeyButton(event.xbutton.state), this);
+				CEventChar *charEvent = new CEventChar ((u32char)(unsigned char)Text[i], getKeyButton(event.xbutton.state), this);
 
 				// raw if not processed by IME
 				charEvent->setRaw(keyCode != 0);

nel/src/3d/text_context.cpp

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ uint32 CTextContext::textPush (const char *format, ...)
 	char *str;
 	NLMISC_CONVERT_VARGS (str, format, NLMISC::MaxCStringSize);
 
-	return textPush(str);
+	return textPush(NLMISC::CUtfStringView(str));
 }
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

nel/src/gui/css_parser.cpp

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		_Rules.clear();
 		_Style.clear();
 
-		_Style.fromUtf8(cssString);
+		_Style = cssString;
 		preprocess();
 
 		_Position = 0;
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		{
 			skipWhitespace();
 
-			if (_Style[_Position] == (ucchar)'@')
+			if (_Style[_Position] == '@')
 				readAtRule();
 			else
 				readRule();
@@ -89,13 +89,13 @@ namespace NLGUI
 	// style:    "color: red; font-size: 10px;"
 	//
 	// @internal
-	void CCssParser::parseRule(const ucstring &selectorString, const ucstring &styleString)
+	void CCssParser::parseRule(const std::string &selectorString, const std::string &styleString)
 	{
-		std::vector<ucstring> selectors;
-		NLMISC::explode(selectorString, ucstring(","), selectors);
+		std::vector<std::string> selectors;
+		NLMISC::explode(selectorString, std::string(","), selectors);
 
 		TStyleVec props;
-		props = parseDecls(styleString.toUtf8());
+		props = parseDecls(styleString);
 
 		// duplicate props to each selector in selector list,
 		// example 'div > p, h1' creates 'div>p' and 'h1'
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		skipIdentifier();
 
 		// skip at-rule statement
-		while(!is_eof() && _Style[_Position] != (ucchar)';')
+		while(!is_eof() && _Style[_Position] != ';')
 		{
 			if (maybe_escape())
 			{
@@ -174,9 +174,9 @@ namespace NLGUI
 				_Position++;
 			else if (is_quote(_Style[_Position]))
 				skipString();
-			else if (_Style[_Position] == (ucchar)'[')
+			else if (_Style[_Position] == '[')
 				skipBlock();
-			else if (_Style[_Position] == (ucchar)'{')
+			else if (_Style[_Position] == '{')
 				break;
 			else
 				_Position++;
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 
 		if (!is_eof())
 		{
-			ucstring selector;
+			std::string selector;
 			selector.append(_Style, start, _Position - start);
 
 			skipWhitespace();
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			skipBlock();
 			if (_Position <= _Style.size())
 			{
-				ucstring rules;
+				std::string rules;
 				rules.append(_Style, start + 1, _Position - start - 2);
 
 				parseRule(selector, rules);
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			for(uint i=0; i<6 && is_hex(_Style[_Position]); i++)
 				_Position++;
 
-			if (_Style[_Position] == (ucchar)' ')
+			if (_Style[_Position] == ' ')
 				_Position++;
 		}
 		else if (_Style[_Position] != 0x0A)
@@ -246,23 +246,23 @@ namespace NLGUI
 					// cannot start with digit
 					valid = false;
 				}
-				else if ((_Position - start) == 0 && _Style[_Position-1] == (ucchar)'-')
+				else if ((_Position - start) == 0 && _Style[_Position-1] == '-')
 				{
 					// cannot start with -#
 					valid = false;
 				}
 			}
-			else if (_Style[_Position] == (ucchar)'_')
+			else if (_Style[_Position] == '_')
 			{
 				// valid
 			}
-			else if (_Style[_Position] >= 0x0080)
+			else if (_Style[_Position] >= 0x80)
 			{
 				// valid
 			}
-			else if (_Style[_Position] == (ucchar)'-')
+			else if (_Style[_Position] == '-')
 			{
-				if ((_Position - start) == 1 && _Style[_Position-1] == (ucchar)'-')
+				if ((_Position - start) == 1 && _Style[_Position-1] == '-')
 				{
 					// cannot start with --
 					valid = false;
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 	// @internal
 	void CCssParser::skipBlock()
 	{
-		ucchar startChar = _Style[_Position];
+		char startChar = _Style[_Position];
 
 		// block start
 		_Position++;
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 	// @internal
 	void CCssParser::skipString()
 	{
-		ucchar endChar = _Style[_Position];
+		char endChar = _Style[_Position];
 
 		// quote start
 		_Position++;
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 	// ***************************************************************************
 	// parse selector list
 	// @internal
-	std::vector<CCssSelector> CCssParser::parse_selector(const ucstring &sel, std::string &pseudoElement) const
+	std::vector<CCssSelector> CCssParser::parse_selector(const std::string &sel, std::string &pseudoElement) const
 	{
 		std::vector<CCssSelector> result;
 		CCssSelector current;
@@ -346,10 +346,10 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		pseudoElement.clear();
 
 		bool failed = false;
-		ucstring::size_type start = 0, pos = 0;
+		std::string::size_type start = 0, pos = 0;
 		while(pos < sel.size())
 		{
-			ucstring uc;
+			std::string uc;
 			uc = sel[pos];
 			if (is_nmchar(sel[pos]) && current.empty())
 			{
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 				while(pos < sel.size() && is_nmchar(sel[pos]))
 					pos++;
 
-				current.Element = toLower(sel.substr(start, pos - start).toUtf8());
+				current.Element = toLower(sel.substr(start, pos - start));
 				start = pos;
 				continue;
 			}
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 				while(pos < sel.size() && is_nmchar(sel[pos]))
 					pos++;
 
-				current.Id = toLower(sel.substr(start, pos - start).toUtf8());
+				current.Id = toLower(sel.substr(start, pos - start));
 				start = pos;
 			}
 			else if (sel[pos] == '.')
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 				while(pos < sel.size() && (is_nmchar(sel[pos]) || sel[pos] == '.'))
 					pos++;
 
-				current.setClass(toLower(sel.substr(start, pos - start).toUtf8()));
+				current.setClass(toLower(sel.substr(start, pos - start)));
 				start = pos;
 			}
 			else if (sel[pos] == '[')
@@ -399,9 +399,9 @@ namespace NLGUI
 					start = pos;
 				}
 
-				ucstring key;
-				ucstring value;
-				ucchar op = ' ';
+				std::string key;
+				std::string value;
+				char op = ' ';
 
 				// key
 				while(pos < sel.size() && is_nmchar(sel[pos]))
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 
 				if (sel[pos] == ']')
 				{
-					current.addAttribute(key.toUtf8());
+					current.addAttribute(key);
 				}
 				else
 				{
@@ -496,14 +496,14 @@ namespace NLGUI
 						// [value="attr" i]
 						if (value.size() > 2 && value[value.size()-2] == ' ')
 						{
-							ucchar lastChar = value[value.size()-1];
+							char lastChar = value[value.size()-1];
 							if (lastChar == 'i' || lastChar == 'I' || lastChar == 's' || lastChar == 'S')
 							{
 								value = value.substr(0, value.size()-2);
 								cs = !((lastChar == 'i' || lastChar == 'I'));
 							}
 						}
-						current.addAttribute(key.toUtf8(), trimQuotes(value).toUtf8(), (char)op, cs);
+						current.addAttribute(key, trimQuotes(value), (char)op, cs);
 					} // op error
 				} // no value
 
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 					}
 				}
 
-				std::string key = toLower(sel.substr(start, pos - start).toUtf8());
+				std::string key = toLower(sel.substr(start, pos - start));
 				if (key.empty())
 				{
 					failed = true;
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		size_t start;
 		size_t charsLeft;
 		bool quote = false;
-		ucchar quoteChar;
+		char quoteChar;
 		while(!is_eof())
 		{
 			charsLeft = _Style.size() - _Position - 1;
@@ -660,8 +660,8 @@ namespace NLGUI
 				if (charsLeft >= 1 && _Style[_Position] == 0x0D && _Style[_Position+1] == 0x0A)
 					len++;
 
-				ucstring tmp;
-				tmp += 0x000A;
+				std::string tmp;
+				tmp += 0x0A;
 				_Style.replace(_Position, 1, tmp);
 			}
 			else if (_Style[_Position] == 0x00)
@@ -686,12 +686,12 @@ namespace NLGUI
 				}
 				else if (!quote && is_comment_open())
 				{
-					size_t pos = _Style.find(ucstring("*/"), _Position + 2);
+					size_t pos = _Style.find("*/", _Position + 2);
 					if (pos == std::string::npos)
 						pos = _Style.size();
 
 					_Style.erase(_Position, pos - _Position + 2);
-					ucstring uc;
+					std::string uc;
 					uc = _Style[_Position];
 
 					// _Position is already at correct place

nel/src/gui/ctrl_base.cpp

@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			if (!editorMode)
 				_ContextHelp = CI18N::get((const char *)prop);
 			else
-				_ContextHelp.fromUtf8((const char *)prop);
+				_ContextHelp = (const char *)prop;
 		}
 		else
 		{
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 				if (!editorMode && NLMISC::startsWith((const char *)prop, "ui"))
 					_ContextHelp = CI18N::get((const char *)prop);
 				else
-					_ContextHelp.fromUtf8((const char *)prop);
+					_ContextHelp = (const char *)prop;
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -197,12 +197,12 @@ namespace NLGUI
 	{
 		if( name == "tooltip" )
 		{
-			return _ContextHelp.toUtf8();
+			return _ContextHelp;
 		}
 		else
 		if( name == "tooltip_i18n" )
 		{
-			return _ContextHelp.toUtf8();
+			return _ContextHelp;
 		}
 		else
 		if( name == "on_tooltip" )
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			if (!editorMode && NLMISC::startsWith(value, "ui"))
 				_ContextHelp = CI18N::get(value);
 			else
-				_ContextHelp.fromUtf8(value);
+				_ContextHelp = value;
 			return;
 		}
 		else
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			if (!editorMode)
 				_ContextHelp = CI18N::get(value);
 			else
-				_ContextHelp.fromUtf8(value);
+				_ContextHelp = value;
 			return;
 		}
 		else
@@ -382,8 +382,8 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		if( node == NULL )
 			return NULL;
 
-		xmlNewProp( node, BAD_CAST "tooltip", BAD_CAST _ContextHelp.toString().c_str() );
-		xmlNewProp( node, BAD_CAST "tooltip_i18n", BAD_CAST _ContextHelp.toString().c_str() );
+		xmlNewProp( node, BAD_CAST "tooltip", BAD_CAST _ContextHelp.c_str() );
+		xmlNewProp( node, BAD_CAST "tooltip_i18n", BAD_CAST _ContextHelp.c_str() );
 		xmlNewProp( node, BAD_CAST "on_tooltip", BAD_CAST _OnContextHelp.toString().c_str() );
 		xmlNewProp( node, BAD_CAST "on_tooltip_params", BAD_CAST _OnContextHelpParams.toString().c_str() );
 		xmlNewProp( node, BAD_CAST "tooltip_parent", BAD_CAST tooltipParentToString( _ToolTipParent ).c_str() );
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 	// ***************************************************************************
 	bool CCtrlBase::emptyContextHelp() const
 	{
-		ucstring help;
+		std::string help;
 		getContextHelp(help);
 		std::string sTmp = _OnContextHelp;
 		return help.empty() && sTmp.empty();
@@ -494,12 +494,15 @@ namespace NLGUI
 	void CCtrlBase::serial(NLMISC::IStream &f)
 	{
 		CViewBase::serial(f);
+
+		uint version = f.serialVersion(1);
+		nlassert(version);
+
 		f.serial(_ContextHelp);
 		f.serial(_OnContextHelp);
 		f.serial(_OnContextHelpParams);
 		f.serial(_ToolTipSpecialParent);
 		f.serialEnum(_ToolTipParent);
-		//
 
 		THotSpot tmpToolTipParentPosRef = _ToolTipParentPosRef;
 		THotSpot tmpToolTipPosRef = _ToolTipPosRef;
@@ -515,7 +518,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		_ToolTipPosRef = tmpToolTipPosRef;
 		_ToolTipParentPosRefAlt = tmpToolTipParentPosRefAlt;
 		_ToolTipPosRefAlt = tmpToolTipPosRefAlt;	
-		//
+		
 		nlSerialBitBool(f, _ToolTipInstant);	
 	}
 
@@ -577,7 +580,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		CLuaIHM::checkArgType(ls, funcName, 1, LUA_TSTRING);
 		std::string tooltip = ls.toString(1);
 
-		setDefaultContextHelp(ucstring::makeFromUtf8(tooltip));
+		setDefaultContextHelp(tooltip);
 
 		return 0;
 	}

nel/src/gui/ctrl_text_button.cpp

@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 				const char *propPtr = prop;
 				std::string text;
 				if (NLMISC::startsWith(propPtr, "ui"))
-					text = CI18N::get(propPtr).toUtf8();
+					text = CI18N::get(propPtr);
 				else
 					text = propPtr;
 				_ViewText->setText(text);
@@ -1041,14 +1041,29 @@ namespace NLGUI
 
 
 	// ***************************************************************************
-	void CCtrlTextButton::setText (const ucstring &text)
+	void CCtrlTextButton::setText (const std::string &text)
+	{
+		if (_ViewText && !_IsViewTextId)
+			_ViewText->setText(text);
+	}
+
+	// ***************************************************************************
+	std::string CCtrlTextButton::getText () const
+	{
+		if (_ViewText && !_IsViewTextId)
+			return _ViewText->getText();
+		return std::string();
+	}
+
+	// ***************************************************************************
+	void CCtrlTextButton::setTextAsUtf16 (const ucstring &text)
 	{
 		if (_ViewText && !_IsViewTextId)
 			_ViewText->setText(text.toUtf8());
 	}
 
 	// ***************************************************************************
-	ucstring CCtrlTextButton::getText () const
+	ucstring CCtrlTextButton::getTextAsUtf16 () const
 	{
 		if (_ViewText && !_IsViewTextId)
 			return CUtfStringView(_ViewText->getText()).toUtf16();

nel/src/gui/dbgroup_combo_box.cpp

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 	// Compare strings
 	static inline bool lt_text(const std::pair<int,std::string> &s1, const std::pair<int,std::string> &s2)
 	{
-		return toLowerAsUtf8(s1.second) < toLowerAsUtf8(s2.second);
+		return toLower(s1.second) < toLower(s2.second);
 	}
 
 	std::string CDBGroupComboBox::measureMenu;
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 				{
 					const char *propPtr = name;
 					if (NLMISC::startsWith(propPtr, "ui"))
-						addText(CI18N::get(propPtr).toUtf8());
+						addText(CI18N::get(propPtr));
 					else
 						addText(propPtr);
 				}
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 				{
 					checkable = true;
 				}
-				groupMenu->addLine(ucstring::makeFromUtf8(getText(i)), "combo_box_select_end", toString(i),
+				groupMenu->addLine(getText(i), "combo_box_select_end", toString(i),
 					"", std::string(), getTexture(i), checkable);
 				groupMenu->setGrayedLine(i, getGrayed(i));
 			}

nel/src/gui/dbview_quantity.cpp

@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		{
 			const char *propPtr = ptr;
 			if (NLMISC::startsWith(propPtr, "ui"))
-				_EmptyText = CI18N::get(propPtr).toUtf8();
+				_EmptyText = CI18N::get(propPtr);
 			else
 				_EmptyText = propPtr;
 		}

nel/src/gui/group_container.cpp

@@ -1338,19 +1338,19 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		if( name == "title" )
 		{
 			if( _TitleTextOpened == _TitleTextClosed )
-				return _TitleTextOpened.toString();
+				return _TitleTextOpened;
 			else
 				return "";
 		}
 		else
 		if( name == "title_opened" )
 		{
-			return _TitleTextOpened.toString();
+			return _TitleTextOpened;
 		}
 		else
 		if( name == "title_closed" )
 		{
-			return _TitleTextClosed.toString();
+			return _TitleTextClosed;
 		}
 		else
 		if( name == "header_active" )
@@ -1997,12 +1997,12 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		xmlSetProp( node, BAD_CAST "content_y_offset", BAD_CAST toString( _ContentYOffset ).c_str() );
 		
 		if( _TitleTextOpened == _TitleTextClosed )
-			xmlSetProp( node, BAD_CAST "title", BAD_CAST _TitleTextOpened.toString().c_str() );
+			xmlSetProp( node, BAD_CAST "title", BAD_CAST _TitleTextOpened.c_str() );
 		else
 			xmlSetProp( node, BAD_CAST "title", BAD_CAST "" );
 
-		xmlSetProp( node, BAD_CAST "title_opened", BAD_CAST _TitleTextOpened.toString().c_str() );
-		xmlSetProp( node, BAD_CAST "title_closed", BAD_CAST _TitleTextClosed.toString().c_str() );
+		xmlSetProp( node, BAD_CAST "title_opened", BAD_CAST _TitleTextOpened.c_str() );
+		xmlSetProp( node, BAD_CAST "title_closed", BAD_CAST _TitleTextClosed.c_str() );
 		xmlSetProp( node, BAD_CAST "header_active", BAD_CAST toString( _HeaderActive ).c_str() );
 
 		if( _HeaderColor.getNodePtr() != NULL )
@@ -3712,7 +3712,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 					{
 						CViewTextID	*vti= new CViewTextID(CViewBase::TCtorParam());
 						// the title here is actually the DB path
-						vti->setDBTextID(_TitleTextOpened.toString());
+						vti->setDBTextID(_TitleTextOpened);
 						vti->setDynamicString(_TitleClass==TitleTextDynString);
 						_TitleOpened = vti;
 					}
@@ -3744,7 +3744,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			_TitleOpened->setY (pLayer->getValSInt32 ("title_offset_y"));
 		}
 		_TitleOpened->setFontSize (pLayer->getValSInt32 ("title_font_size"));
-		if (_TitleClass==TitleText) _TitleOpened->setText (_TitleTextOpened.toUtf8());
+		if (_TitleClass==TitleText) _TitleOpened->setText (_TitleTextOpened);
 		_TitleOpened->setActive (_Opened);
 
 		// Title when the container is closed
@@ -3764,7 +3764,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 					{
 						CViewTextID	*vti= new CViewTextID(CViewBase::TCtorParam());
 						// the title here is actually the DB path
-						vti->setDBTextID(_TitleTextClosed.toString());
+						vti->setDBTextID(_TitleTextClosed);
 						vti->setDynamicString(_TitleClass==TitleTextDynString);
 						_TitleClosed = vti;
 					}
@@ -3796,7 +3796,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			_TitleClosed->setY (pLayer->getValSInt32 ("title_offset_y"));
 		}
 		_TitleClosed->setFontSize (pLayer->getValSInt32 ("title_font_size"));
-		if (_TitleClass==TitleText) _TitleClosed->setText (_TitleTextClosed.toUtf8());
+		if (_TitleClass==TitleText) _TitleClosed->setText (_TitleTextClosed);
 		_TitleClosed->setActive(!_Opened);
 
 
@@ -3949,83 +3949,119 @@ namespace NLGUI
 	// ***************************************************************************
 	std::string		CGroupContainer::getTitle () const
 	{
-		return _TitleTextOpened.toString();
+		return _TitleTextOpened;
 	}
 
 	// ***************************************************************************
 	void			CGroupContainer::setTitle (const std::string &title)
 	{
-		if (_Localize)	setUCTitle (CI18N::get(title));
-		else			setUCTitle (title);
+		if (_Localize)	setTitleRaw (CI18N::get(title));
+		else			setTitleRaw (title);
 	}
 
 	// ***************************************************************************
 	std::string		CGroupContainer::getTitleOpened () const
 	{
-		return _TitleTextOpened.toString();
+		return _TitleTextOpened;
 	}
 
 	// ***************************************************************************
 	void			CGroupContainer::setTitleOpened (const std::string &title)
 	{
-		if (_Localize)	setUCTitleOpened (CI18N::get(title));
-		else			setUCTitleOpened (title);
+		if (_Localize)	setTitleOpenedRaw (CI18N::get(title));
+		else			setTitleOpenedRaw (title);
 	}
 
 	// ***************************************************************************
 	std::string		CGroupContainer::getTitleClosed () const
 	{
-		return _TitleTextClosed.toString();
+		return _TitleTextClosed;
 	}
 
 	// ***************************************************************************
 	void			CGroupContainer::setTitleClosed (const std::string &title)
 	{
-		if (_Localize)	setUCTitleClosed (CI18N::get(title));
-		else			setUCTitleClosed (title);
+		if (_Localize)	setTitleClosedRaw (CI18N::get(title));
+		else			setTitleClosedRaw (title);
 	}
 
 	// ***************************************************************************
-	void CGroupContainer::setUCTitleOpened(const ucstring &title)
+	void CGroupContainer::setTitleOpenedRaw(const std::string &title)
 	{
 		_TitleTextOpened = title;
 		if (_TitleOpened != NULL)
-			_TitleOpened->setText (title.toUtf8());
+			_TitleOpened->setText (title);
 		invalidateCoords();
 	}
 
 	// ***************************************************************************
-	void CGroupContainer::setUCTitleClosed(const ucstring &title)
+	void CGroupContainer::setTitleClosedRaw(const std::string &title)
 	{
 		_TitleTextClosed = title;
 		if (_TitleClosed != NULL)
-			_TitleClosed->setText (_TitleTextClosed.toUtf8());
+			_TitleClosed->setText (_TitleTextClosed);
 		invalidateCoords();
 	}
 
+	// ***************************************************************************
+	void CGroupContainer::setTitleRaw(const std::string &title)
+	{
+		setTitleOpenedRaw(title);
+		setTitleClosedRaw(title);
+	}
+
+	// ***************************************************************************
+	std::string CGroupContainer::getTitleRaw () const
+	{
+		return getTitleOpened();
+	}
+
+	// ***************************************************************************
+	std::string CGroupContainer::getTitleOpenedRaw () const
+	{
+		return _TitleTextOpened;
+	}
+
+	// ***************************************************************************
+	std::string CGroupContainer::getTitleClosedRaw () const
+	{
+		return _TitleTextClosed;
+	}
+
+	// ***************************************************************************
+	void CGroupContainer::setUCTitleOpened(const ucstring &title)
+	{
+		setTitleOpenedRaw(title.toUtf8());
+	}
+
+	// ***************************************************************************
+	void CGroupContainer::setUCTitleClosed(const ucstring &title)
+	{
+		setTitleClosedRaw(title.toUtf8());
+	}
+
 	// ***************************************************************************
 	void CGroupContainer::setUCTitle(const ucstring &title)
 	{
-		setUCTitleOpened(title);
-		setUCTitleClosed(title);
+		setTitleRaw(title.toUtf8());
 	}
 
 	// ***************************************************************************
 	ucstring CGroupContainer::getUCTitle () const
 	{
-		return getUCTitleOpened();
+		return ucstring::makeFromUtf8(getTitleRaw());
 	}
 
 	// ***************************************************************************
 	ucstring CGroupContainer::getUCTitleOpened () const
 	{
-		return _TitleTextOpened;
+		return ucstring::makeFromUtf8(getTitleOpenedRaw());
 	}
 
 	// ***************************************************************************
 	ucstring CGroupContainer::getUCTitleClosed () const
 	{
-		return _TitleTextClosed;
+		return ucstring::makeFromUtf8(getTitleClosedRaw());
 	}
 
 	// ***************************************************************************

nel/src/gui/group_editbox.cpp

@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 									_ViewTextDeltaX(0)
 
 	{
-		_Prompt = u32string(1, (u32char)'>');
+		_Prompt = ::u32string(1, (u32char)'>');
 		_BackSelectColor= CRGBA::White;
 		_TextSelectColor= CRGBA::Black;
 	}
@@ -264,9 +264,9 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			std::string s;
 			s.reserve( _NegativeFilter.size() );
 
-			std::vector< char >::const_iterator itr;
-			for( itr = _NegativeFilter.begin(); itr != _NegativeFilter.end(); ++itr )
-				s.push_back( *itr );
+			std::vector< u32char >::const_iterator itr;
+			for (itr = _NegativeFilter.begin(); itr != _NegativeFilter.end(); ++itr)
+				CUtfStringView::append(s, *itr);
 			
 			return s;
 		}
@@ -450,10 +450,10 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		if( name == "negative_filter" )
 		{
 			_NegativeFilter.clear();
-
-			std::string::size_type i;
-			for( i = 0; i < value.size(); i++ )
-				_NegativeFilter.push_back( value[ i ] );
+			::u32string::size_type i;
+			::u32string ustr = CUtfStringView(value).toUtf32();
+			for( i = 0; i < ustr.size(); i++ )
+				_NegativeFilter.push_back(ustr[i]);
 		}
 		else
 			CInterfaceGroup::setProperty( name, value );
@@ -539,9 +539,9 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		std::string s;
 		s.reserve( _NegativeFilter.size() );
 
-		std::vector< char >::const_iterator itr;
+		std::vector< u32char >::const_iterator itr;
 		for( itr = _NegativeFilter.begin(); itr != _NegativeFilter.end(); ++itr )
-			s.push_back( *itr );
+			CUtfStringView::append(s, *itr);
 
 		xmlSetProp( node, BAD_CAST "negative_filter", BAD_CAST s.c_str() );
 
@@ -657,9 +657,11 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		prop = (char*) xmlGetProp( cur, (xmlChar*)"negative_filter" );
 		if (prop)
 		{
-			uint length = (uint)strlen(prop);
-			_NegativeFilter.resize(length);
-			std::copy((const char *) prop, (const char *) prop + length, _NegativeFilter.begin());
+			_NegativeFilter.clear();
+			::u32string::size_type i;
+			::u32string ustr = CUtfStringView(prop).toUtf32();
+			for( i = 0; i < ustr.size(); i++ )
+				_NegativeFilter.push_back(ustr[i]);
 		}
 
 		return true;
@@ -829,10 +831,10 @@ namespace NLGUI
 	// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 	void CGroupEditBox::writeString(const ucstring &str16, bool replace, bool atEnd)
 	{
-		u32string str = CUtfStringView(str16).toUtf32();
+		::u32string str = CUtfStringView(str16).toUtf32();
 		sint length = (sint)str.length();
 
-		u32string toAppend;
+		::u32string toAppend;
 		// filter character depending on the entry type
 		switch (_EntryType)
 		{
@@ -854,7 +856,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 					}
 				}
 				// remove '\r' characters
-				toAppend.erase(std::remove(toAppend.begin(), toAppend.end(), (ucchar) '\r'), toAppend.end());
+				toAppend.erase(std::remove(toAppend.begin(), toAppend.end(), (u32char) '\r'), toAppend.end());
 
 			}
 			break;
@@ -965,7 +967,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		{
 			length = _MaxNumChar - (sint)_InputString.length();
 		}
-		u32string toAdd = toAppend.substr(0, length);
+		::u32string toAdd = toAppend.substr(0, length);
 		sint32	minPos;
 		sint32	maxPos;
 		if (_CurrSelection == this)
@@ -1015,7 +1017,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 				_CursorAtPreviousLineEnd = false;
 				if (_ClearOnEscape)
 				{
-					setInputStringAsUtf32(u32string());
+					setInputStringAsUtf32(::u32string());
 					triggerOnChangeAH();
 				}
 				CWidgetManager::getInstance()->setCaptureKeyboard(NULL);
@@ -1077,7 +1079,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 							cutSelection();
 						}
 
-						ucchar c = isKeyRETURN ? '\n' : rEDK.getChar();
+						u32char c = isKeyRETURN ? '\n' : rEDK.getChar();
 						if (isFiltered(c)) return;
 						switch(_EntryType)
 						{
@@ -1124,8 +1126,8 @@ namespace NLGUI
 						if(_EntryType==Integer && (_IntegerMinValue!=INT_MIN || _IntegerMaxValue!=INT_MAX))
 						{
 							// estimate new string
-							u32string	copyStr= _InputString;
-							u32string::iterator it = copyStr.begin() + _CursorPos;
+							::u32string	copyStr= _InputString;
+							::u32string::iterator it = copyStr.begin() + _CursorPos;
 							copyStr.insert(it, c);
 							sint32	value;
 							fromString(CUtfStringView(copyStr).toUtf8(), value);
@@ -1137,8 +1139,8 @@ namespace NLGUI
 						if(_EntryType==PositiveInteger && (_PositiveIntegerMinValue!=0 || _PositiveIntegerMaxValue!=UINT_MAX))
 						{
 							// estimate new string
-							u32string	copyStr= _InputString;
-							u32string::iterator it = copyStr.begin() + _CursorPos;
+							::u32string	copyStr= _InputString;
+							::u32string::iterator it = copyStr.begin() + _CursorPos;
 							copyStr.insert(it, c);
 							// \todo yoyo: this doesn't really work i think....
 							uint32	value;
@@ -1151,7 +1153,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 						if ((uint) _InputString.length() < _MaxNumChar)
 						{
 							makeTopWindow();
-							u32string::iterator it = _InputString.begin() + _CursorPos;
+							::u32string::iterator it = _InputString.begin() + _CursorPos;
 							_InputString.insert(it, c);
 							++ _CursorPos;
 							triggerOnChangeAH();
@@ -1263,7 +1265,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		// else delete last character
 		else if(_InputString.size () > 0 && _CursorPos != 0)
 		{
-			u32string::iterator it = _InputString.begin() + (_CursorPos - 1);
+			::u32string::iterator it = _InputString.begin() + (_CursorPos - 1);
 			_InputString.erase(it);
 			-- _CursorPos;
 			_CursorAtPreviousLineEnd = false;
@@ -1436,7 +1438,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			std::string usTmp;
 			if (_EntryType == Password)
 			{
-				usTmp = CUtfStringView(_Prompt + u32string(_InputString.size(), 0x2022)).toUtf8();
+				usTmp = CUtfStringView(_Prompt + ::u32string(_InputString.size(), 0x2022)).toUtf8();
 			}
 			else
 			{
@@ -1634,7 +1636,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 	{
 		setInputStringAsUtf32(CUtfStringView(str).toUtf32());
 	}
-	void CGroupEditBox::setInputStringAsUtf32(const u32string &str)
+	void CGroupEditBox::setInputStringAsUtf32(const ::u32string &str)
 	{
 		_InputString = str;
 		if (_CursorPos > (sint32) str.length())
@@ -1650,10 +1652,10 @@ namespace NLGUI
 
 
 	// ***************************************************************************
-	void	CGroupEditBox::setDefaultInputString(const ucstring &str)
+	void	CGroupEditBox::setDefaultInputString(const std::string &str)
 	{
 		_DefaultInputString= true;
-		setInputStringAsUtf32(CUtfStringView(str).toUtf32());
+		setInputString(str);
 	}
 
 	// ***************************************************************************
@@ -1771,14 +1773,14 @@ namespace NLGUI
 	}
 
 	// ***************************************************************************
-	void CGroupEditBox::setCommand(const ucstring &command, bool execute)
+	void CGroupEditBox::setCommand(const std::string &command, bool execute)
 	{
 		// do nothing if frozen
 		if(_Frozen)
 			return;
 
 		// set the string and maybe execute
-		setInputStringAsUtf16((ucchar) '/' + command);
+		setInputString('/' + command);
 		if (execute)
 		{
 			// stop selection
@@ -1878,7 +1880,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 	void CGroupEditBox::onQuit()
 	{
 		// clear the text and restore backup pos before final save
-		setInputStringAsUtf32(u32string());
+		setInputStringAsUtf32(::u32string());
 		_CurrSelection = NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -1886,7 +1888,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 	void CGroupEditBox::onLoadConfig()
 	{
 		// config is not saved when there's an empty string, so restore that default state.
-		setInputStringAsUtf32(u32string());
+		setInputStringAsUtf32(::u32string());
 		_CurrSelection = NULL;
 		_PrevNumLine = 1;
 	}
@@ -1901,7 +1903,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			if (_DefaultInputString)
 			{
 				_DefaultInputString= false;
-				setInputStringAsUtf32(u32string());
+				setInputStringAsUtf32(::u32string());
 			}
 			_CanRedo = false;
 			_CanUndo = false;

nel/src/gui/group_html.cpp

@@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 
 	// ***************************************************************************
 
-	void CGroupHTML::addText (const char * buf, int len)
+	void CGroupHTML::addText (const char *buf, int len)
 	{
 		if (_Browsing)
 		{
@@ -1042,44 +1042,43 @@ namespace NLGUI
 				return;
 
 			// Build a UTF8 string
-			string inputString(buf, buf+len);
-
 			if (_ParsingLua && _TrustedDomain)
 			{
 				// we are parsing a lua script
-				_LuaScript += inputString;
+				_LuaScript += string(buf, buf + len);
 				// no more to do
 				return;
 			}
 
 			// Build a unicode string
-			ucstring inputUCString;
-			inputUCString.fromUtf8(inputString);
+			CUtfStringView inputStringView(buf, len);
 
 			// Build the final unicode string
-			ucstring tmp;
+			string tmp;
 			tmp.reserve(len);
-			uint ucLen = (uint)inputUCString.size();
-			for (uint i=0; i<ucLen; i++)
+			u32char lastChar = 0;
+			u32char inputStringView0 = *inputStringView.begin();
+			for (CUtfStringView::iterator it(inputStringView.begin()), end(inputStringView.end()); it != end; ++it)
 			{
-				ucchar output;
+				u32char output;
 				bool keep;
 				// special treatment for 'nbsp' (which is returned as a discreet space)
-				if (inputString.size() == 1 && inputString[0] == 32)
+				if (len == 1 && inputStringView0 == 32)
 				{
 					// this is a nbsp entity
-					output = inputUCString[i];
+					output = *it;
 					keep = true;
 				}
 				else
 				{
 					// not nbsp, use normal white space removal routine
-					keep = translateChar (output, inputUCString[i], (tmp.empty())?0:tmp[tmp.size()-1]);
+					keep = translateChar (output, *it, lastChar);
 				}
 
 				if (keep)
 				{
-					tmp.push_back(output);
+					CUtfStringView::append(tmp, output);
+					lastChar = output;
 				}
 			}
 
@@ -1293,7 +1292,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 					pos++;
 				}
 				token = content.substr(start, pos - start);
-				addString(ucstring::makeFromUtf8(token));
+				addString(token);
 
 				// skip closing quote
 				pos++;
@@ -1376,7 +1375,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 
 				if (elm.hasAttribute(token))
 				{
-					addString(ucstring::makeFromUtf8(elm.getAttribute(token)));
+					addString(elm.getAttribute(token));
 				}
 			}
 			else
@@ -1562,7 +1561,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		else
 		if( name == "title_prefix" )
 		{
-			return _TitlePrefix.toString();
+			return _TitlePrefix;
 		}
 		else
 		if( name == "background_color" )
@@ -2224,7 +2223,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 
 		xmlSetProp( node, BAD_CAST "type", BAD_CAST "html" );
 		xmlSetProp( node, BAD_CAST "url", BAD_CAST _URL.c_str() );
-		xmlSetProp( node, BAD_CAST "title_prefix", BAD_CAST _TitlePrefix.toString().c_str() );
+		xmlSetProp( node, BAD_CAST "title_prefix", BAD_CAST _TitlePrefix.c_str() );
 		xmlSetProp( node, BAD_CAST "background_color", BAD_CAST toString( BgColor ).c_str() );
 		xmlSetProp( node, BAD_CAST "error_color", BAD_CAST toString( ErrorColor ).c_str() );
 		xmlSetProp( node, BAD_CAST "link_color", BAD_CAST toString( LinkColor ).c_str() );
@@ -2669,7 +2668,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 
 	// ***************************************************************************
 
-	bool CGroupHTML::translateChar(ucchar &output, ucchar input, ucchar lastCharParam) const
+	bool CGroupHTML::translateChar(u32char &output, u32char input, u32char lastCharParam) const
 	{
 		// Keep this char ?
 		bool keep = true;
@@ -2691,13 +2690,13 @@ namespace NLGUI
 				else
 				{
 					// Get the last char
-					ucchar lastChar = lastCharParam;
+					u32char lastChar = lastCharParam;
 					if (lastChar == 0)
 						lastChar = getLastChar();
-					keep = ((lastChar != (ucchar)' ') &&
+					keep = ((lastChar != (u32char)' ') &&
 							(lastChar != 0)) || getPRE() || (_CurrentViewImage && (lastChar == 0));
 					if(!getPRE())
-						input = ' ';
+						input = (u32char)' ';
 				}
 			}
 			break;
@@ -2710,11 +2709,11 @@ namespace NLGUI
 				else
 				{
 					// Get the last char
-					ucchar lastChar = lastCharParam;
+					u32char lastChar = lastCharParam;
 					if (lastChar == 0)
 						lastChar = getLastChar();
-					keep = ((lastChar != (ucchar)' ') &&
-							(lastChar != (ucchar)'\n') &&
+					keep = ((lastChar != (u32char)' ') &&
+							(lastChar != (u32char)'\n') &&
 							(lastChar != 0)) || getPRE() || (_CurrentViewImage && (lastChar == 0));
 				}
 			}
@@ -2753,13 +2752,13 @@ namespace NLGUI
 
 	// ***************************************************************************
 
-	void CGroupHTML::addString(const ucstring &str)
+	void CGroupHTML::addString(const std::string &str)
 	{
-		ucstring tmpStr = str;
+		string tmpStr = str;
 
 		if (_Localize)
 		{
-			string	_str = tmpStr.toString();
+			string	_str = tmpStr;
 			string::size_type	p = _str.find('#');
 			if (p == string::npos)
 			{
@@ -2800,7 +2799,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		}
 		else if (_Object)
 		{
-			_ObjectScript += tmpStr.toString();
+			_ObjectScript += tmpStr;
 		}
 		else if (_SelectOption)
 		{
@@ -2853,7 +2852,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 					(style.GlobalColor == _CurrentViewLink->getModulateGlobalColor()))
 				{
 					// Concat the text
-					_CurrentViewLink->setText(_CurrentViewLink->getText()+tmpStr.toUtf8());
+					_CurrentViewLink->setText(_CurrentViewLink->getText()+tmpStr);
 					_CurrentViewLink->invalidateContent();
 					added = true;
 				}
@@ -2888,7 +2887,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 							ctrlButton->setModulateGlobalColorAll (false);
 
 							// Translate the tooltip
-							ctrlButton->setDefaultContextHelp(ucstring::makeFromUtf8(getLinkTitle()));
+							ctrlButton->setDefaultContextHelp(getLinkTitle());
 							ctrlButton->setText(tmpStr);
 							// empty url / button disabled
 							bool disabled = string(getLink()).empty();
@@ -2916,7 +2915,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 							newLink->setParamsOnLeftClick("name=" + getId() + "|url=" + newLink->Link);
 						}
 					}
-					newLink->setText(tmpStr.toUtf8());
+					newLink->setText(tmpStr);
 					newLink->setMultiLineSpace((uint)((float)(style.FontSize)*LineSpaceFontFactor));
 					newLink->setMultiLine(true);
 					newLink->setModulateGlobalColor(style.GlobalColor);
@@ -2968,7 +2967,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 
 	// ***************************************************************************
 
-	CInterfaceGroup *CGroupHTML::addTextArea(const std::string &templateName, const char *name, uint rows, uint cols, bool multiLine, const ucstring &content, uint maxlength)
+	CInterfaceGroup *CGroupHTML::addTextArea(const std::string &templateName, const char *name, uint rows, uint cols, bool multiLine, const std::string &content, uint maxlength)
 	{
 		// In a paragraph ?
 		if (!_Paragraph)
@@ -3024,7 +3023,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 				CGroupEditBox *eb = dynamic_cast<CGroupEditBox*>(textArea->getGroup("eb"));
 				if (eb)
 				{
-					eb->setInputString(CUtfStringView(decodeHTMLEntities(content)).toUtf8());
+					eb->setInputString(decodeHTMLEntities(content));
 					if (style.hasStyle("background-color"))
 					{
 						CViewBitmap *bg = dynamic_cast<CViewBitmap*>(eb->getView("bg"));
@@ -3234,7 +3233,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				ctrlButton->setDefaultContextHelp(ucstring::makeFromUtf8(tooltip));
+				ctrlButton->setDefaultContextHelp(tooltip);
 				//ctrlButton->setOnContextHelp(string(tooltip));
 			}
 
@@ -3310,7 +3309,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 	{
 		if (_CurrentViewLink)
 		{
-			u32string str = CUtfStringView(_CurrentViewLink->getText()).toUtf32(); // FIXME: Optimize reverse UTF iteration
+			::u32string str = CUtfStringView(_CurrentViewLink->getText()).toUtf32(); // FIXME: Optimize reverse UTF iteration
 			if (!str.empty())
 				return str[str.length()-1];
 		}
@@ -3402,7 +3401,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 
 	// ***************************************************************************
 
-	void CGroupHTML::setTitle (const ucstring &title)
+	void CGroupHTML::setTitleRaw (const std::string &title)
 	{
 		CInterfaceElement *parent = getParent();
 		if (parent)
@@ -3412,7 +3411,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 				CGroupContainer *container = dynamic_cast<CGroupContainer*>(parent);
 				if (container)
 				{
-					container->setUCTitle (title);
+					container->setTitleRaw (title);
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -3420,21 +3419,18 @@ namespace NLGUI
 
 	void CGroupHTML::setTitle(const std::string &title)
 	{
-		ucstring uctitle;
-		uctitle.fromUtf8(title);
-
 		_TitleString.clear();
 		if(!_TitlePrefix.empty())
 		{
 			_TitleString = _TitlePrefix + " - ";
 		}
-		_TitleString += uctitle;
+		_TitleString += title;
 
-		setTitle(_TitleString);
+		setTitleRaw(_TitleString);
 	}
 
 	std::string CGroupHTML::getTitle() const {
-		return _TitleString.toUtf8();
+		return _TitleString;
 	};
 
 	// ***************************************************************************
@@ -4685,9 +4681,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		CLuaIHM::checkArgType(ls, funcName, 3, LUA_TBOOLEAN);
 
 		string name = ls.toString(1);
-
-		ucstring text;
-		text.fromUtf8(ls.toString(2));
+		string text = ls.toString(2);
 
 		if (!_Forms.empty())
 		{
@@ -4717,7 +4711,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		const char *funcName = "addString";
 		CLuaIHM::checkArgCount(ls, funcName, 1);
 		CLuaIHM::checkArgType(ls, funcName, 1, LUA_TSTRING);
-		addString(ucstring::makeFromUtf8(ls.toString(1)));
+		addString(ls.toString(1));
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -4945,7 +4939,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 	}
 
 	// ***************************************************************************
-	inline bool isDigit(ucchar c, uint base = 16)
+	inline bool isDigit(char c, uint base = 16)
 	{
 		if (c>='0' && c<='9') return true;
 		if (base != 16) return false;
@@ -4955,7 +4949,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 	}
 
 	// ***************************************************************************
-	inline ucchar convertHexDigit(ucchar c)
+	inline char convertHexDigit(char c)
 	{
 		if (c>='0' && c<='9') return c-'0';
 		if (c>='A' && c<='F') return c-'A'+10;
@@ -4964,9 +4958,10 @@ namespace NLGUI
 	}
 
 	// ***************************************************************************
-	ucstring CGroupHTML::decodeHTMLEntities(const ucstring &str)
+	std::string CGroupHTML::decodeHTMLEntities(const std::string &str)
 	{
-		ucstring result;
+		std::string result;
+		result.reserve(str.size() + (str.size() >> 2));
 		uint last, pos;
 
 		for (uint i=0; i<str.length(); ++i)
@@ -5002,13 +4997,13 @@ namespace NLGUI
 						continue;
 					}
 
-					ucchar c = 0;
+					u32char c = 0;
 
 					// convert digits to unicode character
-					while (pos<last) c = convertHexDigit(str[pos++]) + c*ucchar(base);
+					while (pos < last) c = convertHexDigit(str[pos++]) + (c * u32char(base));
 
 					// append our new character to the result string
-					result += c;
+					CUtfStringView::append(result, c);
 
 					// move 'i' forward to point at the ';' .. the for(...) will increment i to point to next char
 					i = last;
@@ -5017,10 +5012,10 @@ namespace NLGUI
 				}
 
 				// special xml characters
-				if (str.substr(i+1,5)==ucstring("quot;"))	{ i+=5; result+='\"'; continue; }
-				if (str.substr(i+1,4)==ucstring("amp;"))	{ i+=4; result+='&'; continue; }
-				if (str.substr(i+1,3)==ucstring("lt;"))	{ i+=3; result+='<'; continue; }
-				if (str.substr(i+1,3)==ucstring("gt;"))	{ i+=3; result+='>'; continue; }
+				if (str.substr(i+1,5)=="quot;")	{ i+=5; result+='\"'; continue; }
+				if (str.substr(i+1,4)=="amp;")	{ i+=4; result+='&'; continue; }
+				if (str.substr(i+1,3)=="lt;")	{ i+=3; result+='<'; continue; }
+				if (str.substr(i+1,3)=="gt;")	{ i+=3; result+='>'; continue; }
 			}
 
 			// all the special cases are catered for... treat this as a normal character
@@ -5471,11 +5466,11 @@ namespace NLGUI
 					}
 					else
 					{
-						ctrlButton->setDefaultContextHelp(ucstring::makeFromUtf8(tooltip));
+						ctrlButton->setDefaultContextHelp(tooltip);
 					}
 				}
 
-				ctrlButton->setText(ucstring::makeFromUtf8(value));
+				ctrlButton->setText(value);
 
 				setTextButtonStyle(ctrlButton, _Style.Current);
 			}
@@ -5563,8 +5558,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 	{
 		if (!_Paragraph || _Paragraph->getNumChildren() == 0)
 		{
-			ucstring tmp("\n");
-			addString(tmp);
+			addString("\n");
 		}
 		else
 		{
@@ -6086,8 +6080,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		{
 			// Get the string name
 			string name = elm.getAttribute("name");
-			ucstring ucValue;
-			ucValue.fromUtf8(elm.getAttribute("value"));
+			string ucValue = elm.getAttribute("value");
 
 			uint size = 20;
 			uint maxlength = 1024;
@@ -6121,12 +6114,12 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			string normal = elm.getAttribute("src");
 			string pushed;
 			string over;
-			ucstring ucValue = ucstring("on");
+			string ucValue = "on";
 			bool checked = elm.hasAttribute("checked");
 
 			// TODO: unknown if empty attribute should override or not
 			if (elm.hasNonEmptyAttribute("value"))
-				ucValue.fromUtf8(elm.getAttribute("value"));
+				ucValue = elm.getAttribute("value");
 
 			if (type == "radio")
 			{
@@ -6191,8 +6184,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 				string name = elm.getAttribute("name");
 
 				// Get the value
-				ucstring ucValue;
-				ucValue.fromUtf8(elm.getAttribute("value"));
+				string ucValue = elm.getAttribute("value");
 
 				// Add an entry
 				CGroupHTML::CForm::CEntry entry;
@@ -6224,8 +6216,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		if (elm.hasNonEmptyAttribute("value"))
 			fromString(elm.getAttribute("value"), _UL.back().Value);
 
-		ucstring str;
-		str.fromUtf8(_UL.back().getListMarkerText());
+		string str = _UL.back().getListMarkerText();
 		addString (str);
 
 		// list-style-type: outside
@@ -6429,7 +6420,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		// use option text as value
 		if (!elm.hasAttribute("value"))
 		{
-			_Forms.back().Entries.back().SelectValues.back() = _SelectOptionStr.toUtf8();
+			_Forms.back().Entries.back().SelectValues.back() = _SelectOptionStr;
 		}
 
 		// insert the parsed text into the select control
@@ -6437,7 +6428,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		if (cb)
 		{
 			uint lineIndex = cb->getNumTexts();
-			cb->addText(_SelectOptionStr.toUtf8());
+			cb->addText(_SelectOptionStr);
 			if (_Forms.back().Entries.back().sbOptionDisabled == lineIndex)
 			{
 				cb->setGrayed(lineIndex, true);

nel/src/gui/group_list.cpp

@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			if (NLMISC::startsWith(propPtr, "ui"))
 				addTextChild(CI18N::get(propPtr));
 			else
-				addTextChild(ucstring::makeFromUtf8(propPtr));
+				addTextChild(propPtr);
 		}
 		else
 		{
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 
 
 	// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-	void CGroupList::addTextChild(const ucstring& line,   bool multiLine /*= true*/)
+	void CGroupList::addTextChild(const std::string& line,   bool multiLine /*= true*/)
 	{
 		const string elid = _Id + ":el" + toString(_IdCounter); ++_IdCounter;
 		CViewText *view= new CViewText (elid,   string(""),   _Templ.getFontSize(),   _Templ.getColor(),   _Templ.getShadow());
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		view->setMultiLine (multiLine);
 		view->setTextMode(_Templ.getTextMode());
 		if (multiLine) view->setMultiLineSpace (_Space);
-		view->setText (line.toUtf8());
+		view->setText (line);
 		// Herit global-coloring
 		view->setModulateGlobalColor(getModulateGlobalColor());
 		addChild(view);
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 
 
 	// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-	void CGroupList::addTextChild(const ucstring& line,   const CRGBA& textColor,   bool multiLine /*= true*/)
+	void CGroupList::addTextChild(const std::string& line,   const CRGBA& textColor,   bool multiLine /*= true*/)
 	{
 		const string elid = _Id + ":el" + toString(_IdCounter); ++_IdCounter;
 		CViewText *view= new CViewText (elid,   string(""),   _Templ.getFontSize(),   _Templ.getColor(),   _Templ.getShadow());
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		view->_Parent = this;
 		view->setMultiLine (multiLine);
 		if (multiLine) view->setMultiLineSpace (_Space);
-		view->setText (line.toUtf8());
+		view->setText (line);
 		view->setColor (textColor);
 		// Herit global-coloring
 		view->setModulateGlobalColor(getModulateGlobalColor());
@@ -1289,7 +1289,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		ucstring text;
 		if(CLuaIHM::pop(ls, text))
 		{
-			addTextChild(text);
+			addTextChild(text.toUtf8()); // FIXME: Lua UTF-8
 		}
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -1313,7 +1313,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		uint b = (uint) ls.toInteger(4);
 		uint a = (uint) ls.toInteger(5);
 
-		addTextChild(ucText, CRGBA(r, g, b, a));
+		addTextChild(ucText.toUtf8(), CRGBA(r, g, b, a)); // FIXME: Lua UTF-8
 
 		return 0;
 	}

nel/src/gui/group_menu.cpp

@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			if (stricmp((char*)cur->name, "action") == 0)
 			{
 				string		strId,  strAh,  strParams,  strCond, strTexture;
-				ucstring	ucstrName;
+				string	ucstrName;
 
 				if (id)		strId = (const char*)id;
 				CXMLAutoPtr name((const char*) xmlGetProp (cur,  (xmlChar*)"name"));
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 					if (NLMISC::startsWith(ptrName, "ui"))
 						ucstrName = CI18N::get(ptrName);
 					else
-						ucstrName.fromUtf8(ptrName);
+						ucstrName = ptrName;
 				}
 
 				CXMLAutoPtr ah((const char*) xmlGetProp (cur,  (xmlChar*)"handler"));
@@ -1215,7 +1215,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 
 
 	// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-	CViewTextMenu* CGroupSubMenu::addLine (const ucstring &name,  const std::string &ah,
+	CViewTextMenu* CGroupSubMenu::addLine (const std::string &name,  const std::string &ah,
 										   const std::string &params,  const std::string &id,
 										   const std::string &cond, const std::string &texture,
 										   bool checkable /*= false*/,  bool checked /*= false*/, bool formatted /*= false */
@@ -1231,11 +1231,11 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		{
 			pV->setMultiLine (true);
 			pV->setMultiLineMaxWOnly (true);
-			pV->setTextFormatTaged (name.toUtf8());
+			pV->setTextFormatTaged (name);
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			pV->setText (name.toUtf8());
+			pV->setText (name);
 		}
 		pV->setColor (_GroupMenu->_Color);
 		pV->setFontSize (_GroupMenu->_FontSize, _GroupMenu->_FontSizeCoef);
@@ -1296,7 +1296,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		return pV;
 	}
 
-	CViewTextMenu* CGroupSubMenu::addLineAtIndex(uint index,  const ucstring &name,  const std::string &ah,
+	CViewTextMenu* CGroupSubMenu::addLineAtIndex(uint index,  const std::string &name,  const std::string &ah,
 												 const std::string &params,  const std::string &id /*=""*/,
 												 const std::string &cond /*=std::string()*/, const std::string &texture,
 												 bool checkable /*= false*/,  bool checked /*= false*/, bool formatted /*= false */
@@ -1319,11 +1319,11 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		{
 			pV->setMultiLine (true);
 			pV->setMultiLineMaxWOnly (true);
-			pV->setTextFormatTaged (name.toUtf8());
+			pV->setTextFormatTaged (name);
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			pV->setText (name.toUtf8());
+			pV->setText (name);
 		}
 
 		pV->setColor (_GroupMenu->_Color);
@@ -1602,7 +1602,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 					texture = _Lines[k].ViewText->getCheckBox()->getTexture();
 				}
 				CViewTextMenu *pV = NULL;
-				pV = copyMenu->addLine (CUtfStringView(_Lines[k].ViewText->getText()).toUtf16(),  _Lines[k].AHName,  _Lines[k].AHParams,  _Lines[k].Id,  _Lines[k].Cond,
+				pV = copyMenu->addLine (_Lines[k].ViewText->getText(),  _Lines[k].AHName,  _Lines[k].AHParams,  _Lines[k].Id,  _Lines[k].Cond,
 						 texture, _Lines[k].ViewText->getCheckable(),  _Lines[k].ViewText->getChecked(), _Lines[k].ViewText->getFormatted ());
 				copyMenu->_Lines[k].Selectable = _Lines[k].Selectable;
 				pV->setGrayed(_Lines[k].ViewText->getGrayed());
@@ -1858,8 +1858,8 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		CLuaIHM::checkArgType(ls, funcName, 3, LUA_TSTRING);
 		CLuaIHM::checkArgType(ls, funcName, 4, LUA_TSTRING);
 		ucstring arg1;
-		nlverify(CLuaIHM::getUCStringOnStack(ls, 1, arg1));
-		addLine(arg1, ls.toString(2), ls.toString(3), ls.toString(4));
+		nlverify(CLuaIHM::getUCStringOnStack(ls, 1, arg1)); // FIXME: Lua UTF-8
+		addLine(arg1.toUtf8(), ls.toString(2), ls.toString(3), ls.toString(4));
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -1874,8 +1874,8 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		CLuaIHM::checkArgType(ls, funcName, 4, LUA_TSTRING);
 		CLuaIHM::checkArgType(ls, funcName, 5, LUA_TSTRING);
 		ucstring arg1;
-		nlverify(CLuaIHM::getUCStringOnStack(ls, 1, arg1));
-		addLine(arg1, ls.toString(2), ls.toString(3), ls.toString(4), string(), ls.toString(5));
+		nlverify(CLuaIHM::getUCStringOnStack(ls, 1, arg1)); // FIXME: Lua UTF-8
+		addLine(arg1.toUtf8(), ls.toString(2), ls.toString(3), ls.toString(4), string(), ls.toString(5));
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -1890,8 +1890,8 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		CLuaIHM::checkArgType(ls, funcName, 4, LUA_TSTRING);
 		CLuaIHM::checkArgType(ls, funcName, 5, LUA_TSTRING);
 		ucstring arg2;
-		nlverify(CLuaIHM::getUCStringOnStack(ls, 2, arg2));
-		addLineAtIndex((uint) ls.toInteger(1), arg2, ls.toString(3), ls.toString(4), ls.toString(5));
+		nlverify(CLuaIHM::getUCStringOnStack(ls, 2, arg2)); // FIXME: Lua UTF-8
+		addLineAtIndex((uint) ls.toInteger(1), arg2.toUtf8(), ls.toString(3), ls.toString(4), ls.toString(5));
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -2532,25 +2532,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 	}
 
 	// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-	void CGroupMenu::addLine (const string &name,  const string &ah,  const string &params,
-							  const std::string &id/*=std::string()*/,
-							  const std::string &cond /*= std::string()*/, const std::string &texture,
-							  bool checkable /*= false*/,  bool checked /*= false*/
-							 )
-	{
-		if (_RootMenu == NULL)
-		{
-			_RootMenu = new CGroupSubMenu(CViewText::TCtorParam());
-			_RootMenu->_GroupMenu = this;
-			_RootMenu->setSerializable( false );
-			addGroup (_RootMenu);
-		}
-
-		_RootMenu->addLine (name,  ah,  params,  id,  cond,  texture,  checkable,  checked, _Formatted);
-	}
-
-	// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-	void CGroupMenu::addLine(const ucstring &name,  const std::string &ah,  const std::string &params,
+	void CGroupMenu::addLine(const std::string &name,  const std::string &ah,  const std::string &params,
 							 const std::string &id /* = std::string()*/,
 							 const std::string &cond /*= std::string()*/, const std::string &texture,
 							 bool checkable /*= false*/,  bool checked /*= false*/
@@ -2566,7 +2548,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		_RootMenu->addLine (name,  ah,  params,  id,  cond,  texture,  checkable,  checked, _Formatted);
 	}
 	// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-	void CGroupMenu::addLineAtIndex(uint index, const ucstring &name, const std::string &ah,
+	void CGroupMenu::addLineAtIndex(uint index, const std::string &name, const std::string &ah,
 									const std::string &params, const std::string &id /*=std::string()*/,
 									const std::string &cond /*=std::string()*/, const std::string &texture,
 									bool checkable /*=false*/, bool checked /*=false*/)

nel/src/gui/group_paragraph.cpp

@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			if (NLMISC::startsWith(propPtr, "ui"))
 				addTextChild(CI18N::get(propPtr));
 			else
-				addTextChild(ucstring::makeFromUtf8(propPtr));
+				addTextChild(propPtr);
 		}
 		else
 		{
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 	}
 
 	// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-	void CGroupParagraph::addTextChild(const ucstring& line, bool multiLine /*= true*/)
+	void CGroupParagraph::addTextChild(const std::string& line, bool multiLine /*= true*/)
 	{
 		const string elid = _Id + ":el" + toString(_IdCounter); ++_IdCounter;
 		CViewText *view= new CViewText (elid, string(""), _Templ.getFontSize(), _Templ.getColor(), _Templ.getShadow());
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		view->setMultiLine (multiLine);
 		view->setTextMode(_Templ.getTextMode());
 		if (multiLine) view->setMultiLineSpace (_Space);
-		view->setText (line.toUtf8());
+		view->setText (line);
 		// Herit global-coloring
 		view->setModulateGlobalColor(getModulateGlobalColor());
 		addChild (view);
@@ -513,14 +513,14 @@ namespace NLGUI
 
 
 	// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-	void CGroupParagraph::addTextChild(const ucstring& line, const CRGBA& textColor, bool multiLine /*= true*/)
+	void CGroupParagraph::addTextChild(const std::string& line, const CRGBA& textColor, bool multiLine /*= true*/)
 	{
 		const string elid = _Id + ":el" + toString(_IdCounter); ++_IdCounter;
 		CViewText *view= new CViewText (elid, string(""), _Templ.getFontSize(), _Templ.getColor(), _Templ.getShadow());
 		view->_Parent = this;
 		view->setMultiLine (multiLine);
 		if (multiLine) view->setMultiLineSpace (_Space);
-		view->setText (line.toUtf8());
+		view->setText (line);
 		view->setColor (textColor);
 		// Herit global-coloring
 		view->setModulateGlobalColor(getModulateGlobalColor());

nel/src/gui/group_tree.cpp

@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 				if (NLMISC::startsWith(ptrName, "ui"))
 					Text = CI18N::get(ptrName);
 				else
-					ucstring::makeFromUtf8(ptrName);
+					Text = ptrName;
 			}
 
 			CXMLAutoPtr color((const char*) xmlGetProp (cur,   (xmlChar*)"color"));
@@ -1292,7 +1292,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 				CViewText *pVT = new CViewText(TCtorParam());
 				line.TextOrTemplate = pVT;
 				pVT->setId("t"+toString(_Lines.size()));
-				pVT->setText(pNode->Text.toUtf8());
+				pVT->setText(pNode->Text);
 				pVT->setColor(pNode->Color);
 				if(pNode->FontSize==-1)
 					pVT->setFontSize(_FontSize);

nel/src/gui/interface_expr.cpp

@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			case Boolean: return true;
 			case Integer: setBool(_IntegerValue != 0); return true;
 			case Double:  setBool(_DoubleValue != 0); return true;
-			case String:  return evalBoolean(_StringValue.toString().c_str()) != NULL;
+			case String:  return evalBoolean(_StringValue.c_str()) != NULL;
 			default: break;
 		}
 		return false;
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			case Integer: return true;
 			case Double:  setInteger((sint64) _DoubleValue); return true;
 			case String:
-				if (evalNumber(_StringValue.toString().c_str())) return toInteger();
+				if (evalNumber(_StringValue.c_str())) return toInteger();
 				return false;
 			case RGBA:	setInteger((sint64) _RGBAValue); return true;
 			default: break;
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			case Integer:	setDouble((double) _IntegerValue); return true;
 			case Double:	return true;
 			case String:
-				if (evalNumber(_StringValue.toString().c_str())) return toBool();
+				if (evalNumber(_StringValue.c_str())) return toBool();
 				return false;
 			case RGBA:	setDouble((double) _RGBAValue); return true;
 			default: break;
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 				return true;
 
 			case String:
-				setRGBA( NLMISC::CRGBA::stringToRGBA(_StringValue.toString().c_str()));
+				setRGBA( NLMISC::CRGBA::stringToRGBA(_StringValue.c_str()));
 				return true;
 
 			default:
@@ -869,14 +869,15 @@ namespace NLGUI
 	}
 
 	//==================================================================
-	std::string CInterfaceExprValue::getString() const
+	const std::string &CInterfaceExprValue::getString() const
 	{
 		if (_Type != String)
 		{
 			nlwarning("<CInterfaceExprValue::getString> bad type!");
-			return "";
+			static const std::string empty;
+			return empty;
 		}
-		return _StringValue.toString();
+		return _StringValue;
 	}
 
 	//==================================================================
@@ -895,19 +896,6 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		return col;
 	}
 
-
-	//==================================================================
-	const ucstring &CInterfaceExprValue::getUCString() const
-	{
-		if (_Type != String)
-		{
-			nlwarning("<CInterfaceExprValue::getString> bad type!");
-			static ucstring emptyString;
-			return emptyString;
-		}
-		return _StringValue;
-	}
-
 	//==================================================================
 	CInterfaceExprUserType *CInterfaceExprValue::getUserType() const
 	{

nel/src/gui/interface_expr_user_fct.cpp

@@ -359,13 +359,13 @@ namespace NLGUI
 	{
 		if (!args.empty())
 		{
-			ucstring res;
+			string res;
 			for (uint32 i = 0; i < args.size(); ++i)
 			{
 				args[i].toString();
-				res += args[i].getUCString();
+				res += args[i].getString();
 			}
-			result.setUCString (res);
+			result.setString (res);
 
 			return true;
 		}
@@ -553,13 +553,13 @@ namespace NLGUI
 				result.setString ((elem->*(pRP->GetMethod.GetString))());
 			break;
 			case CReflectedProperty::UCString:
-				result.setUCString ((elem->*(pRP->GetMethod.GetUCString))());
+				result.setString ((elem->*(pRP->GetMethod.GetUCString))().toUtf8());
 			break;
 			case CReflectedProperty::StringRef:
 				result.setString ((elem->*(pRP->GetMethod.GetStringRef))());
 			break;
 			case CReflectedProperty::UCStringRef:
-				result.setUCString ((elem->*(pRP->GetMethod.GetUCStringRef))());
+				result.setString ((elem->*(pRP->GetMethod.GetUCStringRef))().toUtf8());
 			break;
 			case CReflectedProperty::RGBA:
 				result.setRGBA ((elem->*(pRP->GetMethod.GetRGBA))());
@@ -1072,7 +1072,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		}
 
 		sint64 nVal = args[0].getInteger();
-		ucstring sTmp;
+		string sTmp;
 
 		if (nVal < 0) nVal = 0;
 
@@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			}
 		}
 
-		result.setUCString(sTmp);
+		result.setString(sTmp);
 
 		return true;
 	}
@@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		}
 
 		sint64 nVal = args[0].getInteger();
-		ucstring sTmp;
+		string sTmp;
 
 		if (nVal < 0) nVal = 0;
 
@@ -1150,7 +1150,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			}
 		}
 
-		result.setUCString(sTmp);
+		result.setString(sTmp);
 
 		return true;
 	}
@@ -1186,7 +1186,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			  nlwarning("localize : 1 arg required");
 			  return false;
 		 }
-		 result.setUCString(CI18N::get(args[0].getString()));
+		 result.setString(CI18N::get(args[0].getString()));
 		 return true;
 	}
 	REGISTER_INTERFACE_USER_FCT("localize", localize);

nel/src/gui/interface_link.cpp

@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			case CReflectedProperty::UCStringRef:
 				if (valueToAffect.toString())
 				{
-					(destElem.*(property.SetMethod.SetUCString))(valueToAffect.getUCString());
+					(destElem.*(property.SetMethod.SetUCString))(ucstring::makeFromUtf8(valueToAffect.getString()));
 				}
 				else
 				{

nel/src/gui/lua_ihm.cpp

@@ -1145,34 +1145,8 @@ namespace NLGUI
 				ls.push(value.getDouble());
 				break;
 			case CInterfaceExprValue::String:
-				{
-					ucstring	ucstr= value.getUCString();
-					// Yoyo: dynamically decide whether must return a string or a ucstring
-					bool	mustUseUCString= false;
-					for (uint i = 0; i < ucstr.size (); i++)
-					{
-						if (ucstr[i] > 255)
-						{
-							mustUseUCString= true;
-							break;
-						}
-					}
-					// push a ucstring?
-					if(mustUseUCString)
-					{
-	#if LUABIND_VERSION > 600
-						luabind::detail::push(ls.getStatePointer(), ucstr);
-	#else
-						luabind::object obj(ls.getStatePointer(), ucstr);
-						obj.pushvalue();
-	#endif
-					}
-					else
-					{
-						ls.push(ucstr.toString());
-					}
-					break;
-				}
+				ls.push(value.getString());
+				break;
 			case CInterfaceExprValue::RGBA:
 				{
 					CRGBA color = value.getRGBA();
@@ -1691,7 +1665,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		// inside i18n table
 		luabind::module(L, "i18n")
 		[
-			luabind::def("get", &CI18N::get),
+			luabind::def("get", &CI18N::getAsUtf16), // FIXME: Lua UTF-8
 			luabind::def("hasTranslation", &CI18N::hasTranslation)
 		];
 		// inside 'nlfile' table

nel/src/gui/string_case.cpp

@@ -32,18 +32,6 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		return (c == (u32char)' ') || (c == (u32char)'\t') || (c == (u32char)'\n') || (c == (u32char)'\r');
 	}
 
-	inline bool isSeparator (ucchar c)
-	{
-		return (c == ' ') || (c == '\t') || (c == '\n') || (c == '\r');
-	}
-
-	inline bool isSeparator (char c)
-	{
-		return (c == ' ') || (c == '\t') || (c == '\n') || (c == '\r');
-	}
-
-	// ***************************************************************************
-
 	inline bool isEndSentence (u32char c, u32char lastChar)
 	{
 		// Ex: One sentence. Another sentence.
@@ -54,90 +42,6 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			&& (lastChar == (u32char)'.') || (lastChar == (u32char)'!') || (lastChar == (u32char)'?');
 	}
 
-	inline bool isEndSentence (ucstring& str, uint index)
-	{
-		// Ex: One sentence. Another sentence.
-		//                  ^
-		// Counterexample: nevrax.com
-		//                       ^
-		ucchar c = str[index];
-		if ((str[index] == ' ') || (str[index] == '\n'))
-		{
-			if (index < 1)
-				return false;
-			c = str[index-1];
-			return (c == '.') || (c == '!') || (c == '?');
-		}
-		return false;
-	}
-
-
-	void setCase( ucstring &str, TCaseMode mode )
-	{
-		const uint length = (uint)str.length();
-		uint i;
-		bool newString = true;
-		bool newSentence = true;
-		bool newWord = true;
-		switch (mode)
-		{
-		case CaseLower:
-			str = NLMISC::toLower (str);
-			break;
-		case CaseUpper:
-			str = NLMISC::toUpper (str);
-			break;
-		case CaseFirstStringLetterUp:
-			for (i=0; i<length; i++)
-			{
-				if (!isSeparator (str[i]))
-				{
-					if (newString)
-						str[i] = NLMISC::toUpper (str[i]);
-					else
-						str[i] = NLMISC::toLower (str[i]);
-					newString = false;
-				}
-			}
-			break;
-		case CaseFirstSentenceLetterUp:
-			for (i=0; i<length; i++)
-			{
-				if (isEndSentence (str, i))
-					newSentence = true;
-				else
-				{
-					if (newSentence)
-						str[i] = NLMISC::toUpper (str[i]);
-					else
-						str[i] = NLMISC::toLower (str[i]);
-
-					if (!isSeparator (str[i]))
-						newSentence = false;
-				}
-			}
-			break;
-		case CaseFirstWordLetterUp:
-			for (i=0; i<length; i++)
-			{
-				if (isSeparator (str[i]) || isEndSentence (str, i))
-					newWord = true;
-				else
-				{
-					if (newWord)
-						str[i] = NLMISC::toUpper (str[i]);
-					else
-						str[i] = NLMISC::toLower (str[i]);
-
-					newWord = false;
-				}
-			}
-			break;
-		default:
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-
 	void setCase(std::string &str, TCaseMode mode)
 	{
 		const uint length = (uint)str.length();
@@ -148,10 +52,10 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		switch (mode)
 		{
 		case CaseLower:
-			str = NLMISC::toLowerAsUtf8(str);
+			str = NLMISC::toLower(str);
 			break;
 		case CaseUpper:
-			str = NLMISC::toUpperAsUtf8(str);
+			str = NLMISC::toUpper(str);
 			break;
 		case CaseFirstStringLetterUp:
 		{
@@ -240,8 +144,6 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			break;
 		}
 	}
-
 }
 
-
-
+/* end of file */

nel/src/gui/view_pointer.cpp

@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 
 				if (vLink->getMouseOverShape(tooltip, rot, col))
 				{
-					setString(ucstring::makeFromUtf8(tooltip));
+					setString(tooltip);
 					sint32 texId = rVR.getTextureIdFromName ("curs_pick.tga");
 
 					CInterfaceGroup *stringCursor = hwMouse ? _StringCursorHardware : _StringCursor;
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 				splitString(tooltipInfos, "@", tooltipInfosList);
 				texName = tooltipInfosList[0];
 				tooltip = tooltipInfosList[1];
-				setString(ucstring::makeFromUtf8(tooltip));
+				setString(tooltip);
 				CViewRenderer &rVR = *CViewRenderer::getInstance();
 				sint32 texId = rVR.getTextureIdFromName (texName);
 
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-	void CViewPointer::setString (const ucstring &str, CInterfaceGroup *target)
+	void CViewPointer::setString(const std::string &str, CInterfaceGroup *target)
 	{
 		if (target)
 		{
@@ -458,14 +458,14 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			{
 				CViewText *text = dynamic_cast<CViewText*> (element);
 				if (text)
-					text->setText(str.toUtf8());
+					text->setText(str);
 			}
 			element = target->getView ("real_txt");
 			if (element)
 			{
 				CViewText *text = dynamic_cast<CViewText*> (element);
 				if (text)
-					text->setText(str.toUtf8());
+					text->setText(str);
 			}
 			target->updateCoords();
 			target->updateCoords();
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-	void CViewPointer::setString (const ucstring &str)
+	void CViewPointer::setString (const std::string &str)
 	{
 		if (_ContextString != str)
 		{

nel/src/gui/view_text.cpp

@@ -118,9 +118,10 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		// Letter size
 		// - "_" that should be the character with the lowest part
 		// - A with an accent for the highest part
-		_FontSizingChars.fromUtf8("_\xc3\x84");
+		// https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/U+00C4
+		_FontSizingChars = { (u32char)'_', 0x000000C4 };
 		// fallback if SizingChars are not supported by font
-		_FontSizingFallback.fromUtf8("|");
+		_FontSizingFallback = { (u32char)'|' };
 		computeFontSize ();
 	}
 
@@ -396,12 +397,12 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		else
 		if ( name == "sizing_chars" )
 		{
-			return _FontSizingChars.toUtf8();
+			return CUtfStringView(_FontSizingChars).toUtf8();
 		}
 		else
 		if ( name == "sizing_fallback" )
 		{
-			return _FontSizingFallback.toUtf8();
+			return CUtfStringView(_FontSizingFallback).toUtf8();
 		}
 		else
 			return "";
@@ -653,7 +654,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 #if 1
 			if (NLMISC::startsWith(value, "ui"))
 			{
-				_Text = CI18N::get(value).toUtf8();
+				_Text = CI18N::get(value);
 				_TextLength = 0;
 				_HardText = value;
 			}
@@ -688,13 +689,13 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		else
 		if( name == "sizing_chars" )
 		{
-			_FontSizingChars.fromUtf8(value);
+			_FontSizingChars = CUtfStringView(value).toUtf32();
 			return true;
 		}
 		else
 		if( name == "sizing_fallback" )
 		{
-			_FontSizingFallback.fromUtf8(value);
+			_FontSizingFallback = CUtfStringView(value).toUtf32();
 			return true;
 		}
 		else
@@ -766,8 +767,8 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		xmlSetProp( node, BAD_CAST "clamp_right", BAD_CAST toString( _ClampRight ).c_str() );
 		xmlSetProp( node, BAD_CAST "auto_clamp_offset", BAD_CAST toString( _AutoClampOffset ).c_str() );
 		xmlSetProp( node, BAD_CAST "continuous_update", BAD_CAST toString( _ContinuousUpdate ).c_str() );
-		xmlSetProp( node, BAD_CAST "sizing_chars", BAD_CAST _FontSizingChars.toUtf8().c_str() );
-		xmlSetProp( node, BAD_CAST "sizing_fallback", BAD_CAST _FontSizingFallback.toUtf8().c_str() );
+		xmlSetProp( node, BAD_CAST "sizing_chars", BAD_CAST CUtfStringView(_FontSizingChars).toUtf8().c_str() );
+		xmlSetProp( node, BAD_CAST "sizing_fallback", BAD_CAST CUtfStringView(_FontSizingFallback).toUtf8().c_str() );
 
 		return true;
 	}
@@ -953,16 +954,16 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		}
 
 		// "_Ä" lowest/highest chars (underscore, A+diaeresis)
-		_FontSizingChars.fromUtf8("_\xc3\x84");
+		_FontSizingChars = { (u32char)'_', 0x000000C4 };
 		prop = (char*) xmlGetProp( cur, (xmlChar*)"sizing_chars" );
 		if (prop)
-			_FontSizingChars.fromUtf8((const char*)prop);
+			_FontSizingChars = CUtfStringView((const char*)prop).toUtf32();
 
 		// fallback if SizingChars are not supported by font
-		_FontSizingFallback.fromUtf8("|");
+		_FontSizingFallback = { (u32char)'|' };
 		prop = (char*) xmlGetProp( cur, (xmlChar*)"sizing_fallback" );
 		if (prop)
-			_FontSizingFallback.fromUtf8((const char*)prop);
+			_FontSizingFallback = CUtfStringView((const char*)prop).toUtf32();
 
 		computeFontSize ();
 	}
@@ -1000,7 +1001,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			if (NLMISC::startsWith(propPtr, "ui"))
 			{
 				_HardText = propPtr;
-				_Text = CI18N::get(propPtr).toUtf8();
+				_Text = CI18N::get(propPtr);
 				_TextLength = 0;
 			}
 			else
@@ -1021,11 +1022,11 @@ namespace NLGUI
 
 			if (_MultiLine)
 			{
-				setTextFormatTaged(CI18N::get(propPtr).toUtf8());
+				setTextFormatTaged(CI18N::get(propPtr));
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				setSingleLineTextFormatTaged(CI18N::get(propPtr).toUtf8());
+				setSingleLineTextFormatTaged(CI18N::get(propPtr));
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -1468,9 +1469,9 @@ namespace NLGUI
 	void CViewText::setFontSizing(const std::string &chars, const std::string &fallback)
 	{
 		_FontSizingChars.clear();
-		_FontSizingChars.fromUtf8(chars);
+		_FontSizingChars = CUtfStringView(chars).toUtf32();
 		_FontSizingFallback.clear();
-		_FontSizingFallback.fromUtf8(fallback);
+		_FontSizingFallback = CUtfStringView(fallback).toUtf32();
 	}
 
 	// ***************************************************************************
@@ -1683,7 +1684,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		nMaxWidth *= _Scale;
 		//for (i = 0; i < textSize; ++i)
 		CUtfStringView sv(_Text);
-		u32string ucStrLetter(1, ' ');
+		::u32string ucStrLetter(1, ' ');
 		for (CUtfStringView::iterator it(sv.begin()), end(sv.end()); it != end; ++it, ++i)
 		{
 			if(isFormatTagChange(i, formatTagIndex))
@@ -1863,7 +1864,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 				uint	i;
 				for(i= (uint)spaceEnd;i<(uint)_Text.length();i++)
 				{
-					ucchar	c= _Text[i];
+					char	c= _Text[i];
 					if(c==' ' || c=='\n')
 						break;
 					// If change of color tag, stop the word, but don't take the new color now.
@@ -1950,7 +1951,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 					else
 					{
 						float px = numSpaces * _SpaceWidth;
-						u32string oneChar(1, ' ');
+						::u32string oneChar(1, ' ');
 						CUtfStringView wsv(wordValue);
 						CUtfStringView::iterator wit(wsv.begin()), wend(wsv.end());
 						for (; wit != wend; ++wit)
@@ -2198,7 +2199,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 				if (_ClampRight)
 				{
 					CUtfStringView sv(_Text);
-					u32string ucStrLetter = u32string(1, (u32char)' ');
+					::u32string ucStrLetter = u32string(1, (u32char)' ');
 					for (CUtfStringView::iterator it(sv.begin()), end(sv.end()); it != end; ++it)
 					{
 						ucStrLetter[0] = *it;
@@ -2224,8 +2225,8 @@ namespace NLGUI
 				else
 				{
 					// FIXME: Optimize reverse UTF iteration
-					u32string uctext = CUtfStringView(_Text).toUtf32();
-					u32string ucStrLetter = u32string(1, (u32char)' ');
+					::u32string uctext = CUtfStringView(_Text).toUtf32();
+					::u32string ucStrLetter = u32string(1, (u32char)' ');
 					for (sint i = (sint)uctext.size() - 1; i >= 0; --i)
 					{
 						ucStrLetter[0] = uctext[i];
@@ -2358,7 +2359,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			charIndex += currLine.getNumChars() + currLine.getEndSpaces() + (currLine.getLF() ? 1 : 0);
 		}
 		// skip all spaces at start of line (unless there are only spaces in the line)
-		std::string::size_type nextPos = _Text.find_first_not_of((ucchar) ' ', charIndex);
+		std::string::size_type nextPos = _Text.find_first_not_of(' ', charIndex);
 		if (nextPos != std::string::npos)
 		{
 			if (getLineFromIndex(charIndex) == (sint) line)
@@ -2394,7 +2395,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 	{
 		if (NLMISC::startsWith(ht, "ui"))
 		{
-			setText(CI18N::get(ht).toUtf8());
+			setText(CI18N::get(ht));
 			_HardText = ht;
 		}
 		else
@@ -2567,7 +2568,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		float px = 0.f;
 
 		UTextContext::CStringInfo si;
-		u32string singleChar(1, ' ');
+		::u32string singleChar(1, ' ');
 		uint i = 0;
 		NLMISC::CUtfStringView sv(textValue);
 		for (NLMISC::CUtfStringView::iterator it(sv.begin()), end(sv.end()); it != end; ++it, ++i)
@@ -3207,7 +3208,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 
 
 	// ***************************************************************************
-	void		CViewText::buildFormatTagText(const std::string &text, std::string &textBuild, std::vector<CViewText::CFormatTag> &formatTags, std::vector<ucstring> &tooltips)
+	void		CViewText::buildFormatTagText(const std::string &text, std::string &textBuild, std::vector<CViewText::CFormatTag> &formatTags, std::vector<std::string> &tooltips)
 	{
 		formatTags.clear();
 		tooltips.clear();
@@ -3243,7 +3244,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 				// get old tag.
 				CViewText::CFormatTag ct= precTag;
 				// get new Tab and skip tag.
-				ucstring uitt = getTooltipTag(text, i);
+				string uitt = getTooltipTag(text, i);
 				if (uitt.empty())
 				{
 					ct.IndexTt= -1;
@@ -3296,7 +3297,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		std::string							tempText;
 		// static to avoid reallocation
 		static std::vector<CFormatTag>		tempFormatTags;
-		static std::vector<ucstring>		tempTooltips;
+		static std::vector<std::string>		tempTooltips;
 		buildFormatTagText(text, tempText, tempFormatTags, tempTooltips);
 		setCase (tempText, _CaseMode);
 
@@ -3344,9 +3345,9 @@ namespace NLGUI
 				pTooltip->setId(_Id+"_tt"+toString(i));
 				pTooltip->setAvoidResizeParent(avoidResizeParent());
 				pTooltip->setRenderLayer(getRenderLayer());
-				std::string tempTooltipStr = tempTooltips[i].toUtf8();
+				std::string tempTooltipStr = tempTooltips[i];
 				bool isI18N = NLMISC::startsWith(tempTooltipStr, "ui");
-				pTooltip->setDefaultContextHelp(isI18N ? CI18N::get(tempTooltipStr) : ucstring::makeFromUtf8(tempTooltipStr));
+				pTooltip->setDefaultContextHelp(isI18N ? CI18N::get(tempTooltipStr) : tempTooltipStr);
 				pTooltip->setParentPos(this);
 				pTooltip->setParentPosRef(Hotspot_BR);
 				pTooltip->setPosRef(Hotspot_BR);
@@ -3390,7 +3391,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		// to allow cache (avoid infinite recurse in updateCoords() in some case), compute in temp
 		std::string							tempText;
 		static std::vector<CFormatTag>		tempLetterColors;
-		static std::vector<ucstring>		tempTooltips;
+		static std::vector<std::string>		tempTooltips;
 
 		// parse text
 		buildFormatTagText(text, tempText, tempLetterColors, tempTooltips);
@@ -3405,7 +3406,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 
 			while(textIndex<formatTag.Index)
 			{
-				if(tempText[textIndex] == ucchar(' '))
+				if(tempText[textIndex] == ' ')
 					spacesNb++;
 
 				textIndex++;

nel/src/gui/view_text_formated.cpp

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
     {
 		if (name == "format")
 		{
-			return getFormatString().toUtf8();
+			return getFormatString();
 		}
 		else
 			return CViewText::getProperty(name);
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
     {
 	    if (name == "format")
 	    {
-		    setFormatString(ucstring::makeFromUtf8(value));
+		    setFormatString(value);
 		    return;
 	    }
 	    else
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			return NULL;
 
 		xmlSetProp( node, BAD_CAST "type", BAD_CAST "text_formated" );
-		xmlSetProp( node, BAD_CAST "format", BAD_CAST getFormatString().toUtf8().c_str() );
+		xmlSetProp( node, BAD_CAST "format", BAD_CAST getFormatString().c_str() );
 
 		return NULL;
 	}
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		if (!CViewText::parse(cur, parentGroup)) return false;
 		CXMLAutoPtr prop((const char*) xmlGetProp( cur, (xmlChar*)"format" ));
 		if (prop)
-			setFormatString(ucstring::makeFromUtf8((const char *)prop));
+			setFormatString((const char *)prop);
 		else
-			setFormatString(ucstring("$t"));
+			setFormatString("$t");
 		return true;
 	}
 
@@ -83,26 +83,27 @@ namespace NLGUI
 	void CViewTextFormated::checkCoords()
 	{
 		if (!getActive()) return;
-		ucstring formatedResult;
-		formatedResult = formatString(_FormatString, ucstring(""));
+		std::string formatedResult;
+		formatedResult = formatString(_FormatString, std::string());
 
 		//
-		setText (formatedResult.toUtf8());
+		setText (formatedResult);
 		CViewText::checkCoords();
 	}
 
 	// ****************************************************************************
-	void CViewTextFormated::setFormatString(const ucstring &format)
+	void CViewTextFormated::setFormatString(const std::string &format)
 	{
-		_FormatString = format;
-		if ( (_FormatString.size()>2) && (_FormatString[0] == 'u') && (_FormatString[1] == 'i'))
-			_FormatString = NLMISC::CI18N::get (format.toString());
+		if (NLMISC::startsWith(format, "ui"))
+			_FormatString = NLMISC::CI18N::get(format);
+		else
+			_FormatString = format;
 	}
 
 	// ****************************************************************************
-	ucstring CViewTextFormated::formatString(const ucstring &inputString, const ucstring &paramString)
+	std::string CViewTextFormated::formatString(const std::string &inputString, const std::string &paramString)
 	{
-		ucstring formatedResult;
+		std::string formatedResult;
 
 		if( textFormatter == NULL )
 			formatedResult = inputString;

nel/src/gui/view_text_id.cpp

@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		if (!_Initialized)
 		{
 			// String result
-			ucstring result;
+			string result;
 
 			if( textProvider != NULL )
 			{
@@ -218,8 +218,8 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			// Remove all {break}
 			for(;;)
 			{
-				ucstring::size_type index = result.find (ucstring("{break}"));
-				if (index == ucstring::npos) break;
+				string::size_type index = result.find("{break}");
+				if (index == string::npos) break;
 				result = result.substr (0, index) + result.substr(index+7, result.size());
 			}
 
@@ -229,13 +229,13 @@ namespace NLGUI
 
 			// Modify the text?
 			if(_StringModifier)
-				_StringModifier->onReceiveTextId(result);
+				_StringModifier->onReceiveTextId(ucstring::makeFromUtf8(result));
 
 			// Set the Text
 			if(_IsTextFormatTaged)
-				setTextFormatTaged(result.toUtf8());
+				setTextFormatTaged(result);
 			else
-				setText (result.toUtf8());
+				setText(result);
 		}
 		CViewText::checkCoords();
 	}

nel/src/gui/view_text_id_formated.cpp

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 	{
 		if (name == "format")
 		{
-			return getFormatString().toUtf8();
+			return getFormatString();
 		}
 		else
 			return CViewTextID::getProperty(name);
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 	{
 		if (name == "format")
 		{
-			setFormatString(ucstring::makeFromUtf8(value));
+			setFormatString(value);
 			return;
 		}
 		else
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			return NULL;
 
 		xmlSetProp( node, BAD_CAST "type", BAD_CAST "text_id_formated" );
-		xmlSetProp( node, BAD_CAST "format", BAD_CAST getFormatString().toUtf8().c_str() );
+		xmlSetProp( node, BAD_CAST "format", BAD_CAST getFormatString().c_str() );
 
 		return node;
 	}
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		if (!CViewTextID::parse(cur, parentGroup)) return false;
 		CXMLAutoPtr prop((const char*) xmlGetProp( cur, (xmlChar*)"format" ));
 		if (prop)
-			setFormatString(ucstring::makeFromUtf8((const char *)prop));
+			setFormatString((const char *)prop);
 		else
-			setFormatString(ucstring("$t"));
+			setFormatString("$t");
 		return true;
 	}
 
@@ -89,15 +89,15 @@ namespace NLGUI
 
 		if (!_Initialized)
 		{
-			ucstring result, formatedResult;
+			std::string result, formatedResult;
 			bool bValid;
 
 			if( CViewTextID::getTextProvider() == NULL )
 			{
 				if(!_DBPath.empty())
-					result = ucstring(_DBPath);
+					result = _DBPath;
 				else
-					result = ucstring("Text ID = " + NLMISC::toString(_TextId));
+					result = "Text ID = " + NLMISC::toString(_TextId);
 				bValid = true;
 			}
 			else
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			}
 			formatedResult = CViewTextFormated::formatString(_FormatString, result);
 			//
-			setText (formatedResult.toUtf8());
+			setText (formatedResult);
 			//
 			if (bValid)
 			{
@@ -117,12 +117,13 @@ namespace NLGUI
 	}
 
 	// ****************************************************************************
-	void CViewTextIDFormated::setFormatString(const ucstring &format)
+	void CViewTextIDFormated::setFormatString(const std::string &format)
 	{
 		_Initialized = false;
-		_FormatString = format;
-		if ( (_FormatString.size()>2) && (_FormatString[0] == 'u') && (_FormatString[1] == 'i'))
-			_FormatString = NLMISC::CI18N::get (format.toString());
+		if (NLMISC::startsWith(format, "ui"))
+			_FormatString = NLMISC::CI18N::get(format);
+		else
+			_FormatString = format;
 	}
 
 }

nel/src/gui/widget_manager.cpp

@@ -1531,7 +1531,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			CViewText *pTxt = (CViewText*)groupContextHelp->getView("text");
 			if (pTxt != NULL)
 			{
-				pTxt->setTextFormatTaged(_ContextHelpText.toUtf8());
+				pTxt->setTextFormatTaged(_ContextHelpText);
 				// update only to get correct W/H
 				groupContextHelp->updateCoords ();
 

nel/src/misc/common.cpp

@@ -594,6 +594,8 @@ NLMISC_CATEGORISED_COMMAND(nel,stohr, "Convert a second number into an human rea
 	return true;
 }
 
+#if 0
+
 std::string toLower(const char *str)
 {
 	if (!str) return "";
@@ -625,6 +627,8 @@ std::string	toLower(const std::string &str)
 	return res;
 }
 
+#endif
+
 char toLower(const char ch)
 {
 	if( (ch >= 'A') && (ch <= 'Z') )
@@ -652,6 +656,8 @@ void toLower(char *str)
 	}
 }
 
+#if 0
+
 std::string toUpper(const std::string &str)
 {
 	string res;
@@ -666,6 +672,8 @@ std::string toUpper(const std::string &str)
 	return res;
 }
 
+#endif
+
 void toUpper(char *str)
 {
 	if (str == 0)
@@ -876,7 +884,7 @@ std::string formatThousands(const std::string& s)
 {
 	sint i, k;
 	sint remaining = (sint)s.length() - 1;
-	static std::string separator = NLMISC::CI18N::get("uiThousandsSeparator").toUtf8();
+	static std::string separator = NLMISC::CI18N::get("uiThousandsSeparator");
 
 	// Don't add separator if the number is < 10k
 	if (remaining < 4) return s;

nel/src/misc/i18n.cpp

@@ -38,15 +38,18 @@ using namespace std;
 
 namespace NLMISC {
 
-CI18N::StrMapContainer	CI18N::_StrMap;
-CI18N::StrMapContainer	CI18N::_StrMapFallback;
-bool					CI18N::_StrMapLoaded = false;
-const ucstring			CI18N::_NotTranslatedValue("<Not Translated>");
+CI18N::StrMapContainer		CI18N::_StrMap;
+CI18N::StrMapContainer		CI18N::_StrMapFallback;
+CI18N::StrMapContainer16	CI18N::_StrMap16;
+CI18N::StrMapContainer16	CI18N::_StrMapFallback16;
+bool						CI18N::_StrMapLoaded = false;
+const ucstring				CI18N::_NotTranslatedValue16("<Not Translated>");
+const std::string			CI18N::_NotTranslatedValue("<Not Translated>");
 bool					CI18N::_LanguagesNamesLoaded = false;
 string					CI18N::_SelectedLanguageCode;
 CI18N::ILoadProxy		*CI18N::_LoadProxy = 0;
 vector<string>			CI18N::_LanguageCodes;
-vector<ucstring>		CI18N::_LanguageNames;
+vector<std::string>		CI18N::_LanguageNames;
 std::string				CI18N::_SystemLanguageCode;
 bool CI18N::noResolution = false;
 
@@ -65,17 +68,17 @@ void CI18N::initLanguages()
 		_LanguageCodes.push_back("ru");
 		_LanguageCodes.push_back("es");
 
-		_LanguageNames.push_back(ucstring("English"));
-		_LanguageNames.push_back(ucstring("French"));
-		_LanguageNames.push_back(ucstring("German"));
-		_LanguageNames.push_back(ucstring("Russian"));
-		_LanguageNames.push_back(ucstring("Spanish"));
+		_LanguageNames.push_back("English");
+		_LanguageNames.push_back("French");
+		_LanguageNames.push_back("German");
+		_LanguageNames.push_back("Russian");
+		_LanguageNames.push_back("Spanish");
 
 		_LanguagesNamesLoaded = true;
 	}
 }
 
-const std::vector<ucstring> &CI18N::getLanguageNames()
+const std::vector<std::string> &CI18N::getLanguageNames()
 {
 	initLanguages();
 
@@ -91,19 +94,27 @@ const std::vector<std::string> &CI18N::getLanguageCodes()
 
 void CI18N::load (const string &languageCode, const string &fallbackLanguageCode)
 {
-	if (_StrMapLoaded)	_StrMap.clear ();
-	else				_StrMapLoaded = true;
+	if (_StrMapLoaded)
+	{
+		_StrMap.clear();
+		_StrMap16.clear();
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		_StrMapLoaded = true;
+	}
 	_SelectedLanguageCode = languageCode;
-	loadFileIntoMap(languageCode + ".uxt", _StrMap);
+	loadFileIntoMap(languageCode + ".uxt", _StrMap, _StrMap16);
 
 	_StrMapFallback.clear();
+	_StrMapFallback16.clear();
 	if(!fallbackLanguageCode.empty())
 	{
-		loadFileIntoMap(fallbackLanguageCode + ".uxt", _StrMapFallback);
+		loadFileIntoMap(fallbackLanguageCode + ".uxt", _StrMapFallback, _StrMapFallback16);
 	}
 }
 
-bool CI18N::loadFileIntoMap(const string &fileName, StrMapContainer &destMap)
+bool CI18N::loadFileIntoMap(const string &fileName, StrMapContainer &destMap, StrMapContainer16 &destMap16)
 {
 	ucstring text;
 	// read in the text
@@ -138,11 +149,12 @@ bool CI18N::loadFileIntoMap(const string &fileName, StrMapContainer &destMap)
 
 		// ok, a line read.
 		pair<map<string, ucstring>::iterator, bool> ret;
-		ret = destMap.insert(make_pair(label, ucs));
+		ret = destMap16.insert(make_pair(label, ucs));
 		if (!ret.second)
 		{
 			nlwarning("I18N: Error in %s, the label %s exists twice !", fileName.c_str(), label.c_str());
 		}
+		destMap.insert(make_pair(label, ucs.toUtf8()));
 		skipWhiteSpace(first, last);
 	}
 
@@ -152,13 +164,15 @@ bool CI18N::loadFileIntoMap(const string &fileName, StrMapContainer &destMap)
 	{
 		nlwarning("I18N: In file %s, missing LanguageName translation (should be first in file)", fileName.c_str());
 	}
+	nlassert(destMap.size() == destMap16.size());
 	return true;
 }
 
 void CI18N::loadFromFilename(const string &filename, bool reload)
 {
 	StrMapContainer destMap;
-	if (!loadFileIntoMap(filename, destMap))
+	StrMapContainer16 destMap16;
+	if (!loadFileIntoMap(filename, destMap, destMap16))
 	{
 		return;
 	}
@@ -167,16 +181,52 @@ void CI18N::loadFromFilename(const string &filename, bool reload)
 	{
 		if (!reload)
 		{
-			if (_StrMap.count(it->first))
+			if (_StrMap16.count(it->first))
 			{
 				nlwarning("I18N: Error in %s, the label %s exist twice !", filename.c_str(), it->first.c_str());
 			}
 		}
+		_StrMap16[it->first] = ucstring::makeFromUtf8(it->second);
 		_StrMap[it->first] = it->second;
 	}
 }
 
-const ucstring &CI18N::get (const string &label)
+const std::string &CI18N::get(const string &label)
+{
+	if (noResolution)
+	{
+		return label;
+	}
+
+	if (label.empty())
+	{
+		static const std::string empty;
+		return empty;
+	}
+
+	StrMapContainer::iterator it(_StrMap.find(label));
+
+	if (it != _StrMap.end())
+		return it->second;
+
+	static CHashSet<string> missingStrings;
+	if (missingStrings.find(label) == missingStrings.end())
+	{
+		nlwarning("I18N: The string %s did not exist in language %s (display once)", label.c_str(), _SelectedLanguageCode.c_str());
+		missingStrings.insert(label);
+	}
+
+	// use the fall back language if it exists
+	it = _StrMapFallback.find(label);
+	if (it != _StrMapFallback.end())
+		return it->second;
+
+	static std::string badString;
+	badString = string("<NotExist:") + label + ">";
+	return badString;
+}
+
+const ucstring &CI18N::getAsUtf16 (const string &label)
 {
 	if( noResolution )
 	{
@@ -187,13 +237,13 @@ const ucstring &CI18N::get (const string &label)
 
 	if (label.empty())
 	{
-		static ucstring	emptyString;
+		static const ucstring emptyString;
 		return emptyString;
 	}
 
-	StrMapContainer::iterator it(_StrMap.find(label));
+	StrMapContainer16::iterator it(_StrMap16.find(label));
 
-	if (it != _StrMap.end())
+	if (it != _StrMap16.end())
 		return it->second;
 
 	static CHashSet<string>	missingStrings;
@@ -204,8 +254,8 @@ const ucstring &CI18N::get (const string &label)
 	}
 
 	// use the fall back language if it exists
-	it = _StrMapFallback.find(label);
-	if (it != _StrMapFallback.end())
+	it = _StrMapFallback16.find(label);
+	if (it != _StrMapFallback16.end())
 		return it->second;
 
 	static ucstring	badString;
@@ -229,7 +279,7 @@ bool CI18N::hasTranslation(const string &label)
 	return false;
 }
 
-ucstring CI18N::getCurrentLanguageName ()
+std::string CI18N::getCurrentLanguageName ()
 {
 	return get("LanguageName");
 }
@@ -379,7 +429,7 @@ std::string CI18N::getSystemLanguageCode ()
 			// locales names are different under Windows, for example: French_France.1252
 			for(uint i = 0; i < _LanguageNames.size(); ++i)
 			{
-				std::string name = _LanguageNames[i].toUtf8();
+				std::string name = _LanguageNames[i];
 
 				// so we compare the language name with the supported ones
 				if (lang.compare(0, name.length(), name) == 0)
@@ -439,7 +489,7 @@ bool CI18N::setSystemLanguageCode (const std::string &languageCode)
 		// check if language name is supported
 		for(uint i = 0; i < _LanguageNames.size(); ++i)
 		{
-			std::string name = NLMISC::toLower(_LanguageNames[i].toUtf8());
+			std::string name = NLMISC::toLower(_LanguageNames[i]);
 
 			if (name == lang)
 			{

nel/src/misc/inter_window_msg_queue.cpp

@@ -459,6 +459,9 @@ namespace NLMISC
 		{
 			return handleWMCopyData(hwnd, (COPYDATASTRUCT *) lParam);
 		}
+		// https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/inputdev/wm-unichar
+		if (uMsg == WM_UNICHAR)
+			return (wParam == UNICODE_NOCHAR);
 		return DefWindowProc(hwnd, uMsg, wParam, lParam);
 	}
 

nel/src/misc/utf_string_view.cpp

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ std::string CUtfStringView::toUtf8(bool reEncode) const
 		return std::string((const char *)m_Str, (const char *)((ptrdiff_t)m_Str + m_Size));
 	std::string res;
 	res.reserve(m_Size);
-	for (iterator it(begin()), end(end()); it != end; ++it)
+	for (iterator it(begin()), end(this->end()); it != end; ++it)
 	{
 		appendUtf8(res, *it);
 	}
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ ucstring CUtfStringView::toUtf16(bool reEncode) const
 		return ucstring((const ucchar *)m_Str, (const ucchar *)((ptrdiff_t)m_Str + m_Size));
 	ucstring res;
 	res.reserve(m_Size << 1);
-	for (iterator it(begin()), end(end()); it != end; ++it)
+	for (iterator it(begin()), end(this->end()); it != end; ++it)
 	{
 		u32char c = *it;
 		if (c < 0x10000)
@@ -102,15 +102,15 @@ ucstring CUtfStringView::toUtf16(bool reEncode) const
 	return res;
 }
 
-u32string CUtfStringView::toUtf32() const
+::u32string CUtfStringView::toUtf32() const
 {
 	// Decode any UTF
 	// This implementation makes no attempt at fixing bad encoding
 	if (m_Iterator == utf32Iterator)
-		return u32string((const u32char *)m_Str, (const u32char *)((ptrdiff_t)m_Str + m_Size));
-	u32string res;
+		return ::u32string((const u32char *)m_Str, (const u32char *)((ptrdiff_t)m_Str + m_Size));
+	::u32string res;
 	res.reserve(m_Size << 2);
-	for (iterator it(begin()), end(end()); it != end; ++it)
+	for (iterator it(begin()), end(this->end()); it != end; ++it)
 		res += *it;
 	return res;
 }
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ std::string CUtfStringView::toAscii() const
 {
 	std::string res;
 	res.reserve(m_Size);
-	for (iterator it(begin()), end(end()); it != end; ++it)
+	for (iterator it(begin()), end(this->end()); it != end; ++it)
 	{
 		u32char c = *it;
 		if (c < 0x80)
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ std::wstring CUtfStringView::toWide() const
 		return std::wstring((const wchar_t *)m_Str, (const wchar_t *)((ptrdiff_t)m_Str + m_Size));
 	std::wstring res;
 	res.reserve(m_Size << 1);
-	for (iterator it(begin()), end(end()); it != end; ++it)
+	for (iterator it(begin()), end(this->end()); it != end; ++it)
 	{
 		u32char c = *it;
 		if (c < 0x10000)
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ std::wstring CUtfStringView::toWide() const
 		return std::wstring((const wchar_t *)m_Str, (const wchar_t *)((ptrdiff_t)m_Str + m_Size));
 	std::wstring res;
 	res.reserve(m_Size << 2);
-	for (iterator it(begin()), end(end()); it != end; ++it)
+	for (iterator it(begin()), end(this->end()); it != end; ++it)
 		res += *it;
 	return res;
 #endif
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ std::wstring CUtfStringView::toWide() const
 size_t CUtfStringView::count() const
 {
 	size_t res = 0;
-	for (iterator it(begin()), end(end()); it != end; ++it)
+	for (iterator it(begin()), end(this->end()); it != end; ++it)
 		++res;
 	return res;
 }

nel/src/misc/win_event_emitter.cpp

@@ -162,6 +162,14 @@ bool CWinEventEmitter::processMessage (HWND hWnd, uint32 msg, WPARAM wParam, LPA
 				server->postEvent (new CEventKeyUp ((NLMISC::TKey)wParam, getKeyButton(_AltButton, _ShiftButton, _CtrlButton), this));
 		}
 		break;
+	case WM_UNICHAR:
+		if (wParam != UNICODE_NOCHAR && _KeyboardEventsEnabled)
+		{
+			//if (wParam < KeyCount)
+			//nlinfo("WM_UNICHAR with %u", wParam);
+			server->postEvent (new CEventChar ((u32char)wParam, getKeyButton(_AltButton, _ShiftButton, _CtrlButton), this));
+		}
+		break;
 	case WM_CHAR:
 		if (_KeyboardEventsEnabled)
 		{

ryzom/client/src/actions.cpp

@@ -499,9 +499,9 @@ void CCombo::init (NLMISC::TKey key, NLMISC::TKeyButton keyButtons)
 }
 
 // ***************************************************************************
-ucstring CCombo::toUCString() const
+string CCombo::toString() const
 {
-	ucstring ret;
+	string ret;
 	if ((KeyButtons & shiftKeyButton) && (Key != 0x10))
 		ret += CI18N::get("uiKeySHIFT") + "+";
 	if ((KeyButtons & ctrlKeyButton) && (Key != 0x11))

ryzom/client/src/actions.h

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public:
 	void init (NLMISC::TKey key, NLMISC::TKeyButton keyButtons);
 
 	/// Get the combo in human readable form
-	ucstring toUCString() const;
+	std::string toString() const;
 
 	// For maps
 	bool operator<(const CCombo &other) const

ryzom/client/src/bg_downloader_access.cpp

@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ void CBGDownloaderAccess::CDownloadCoTask::run()
 			// that the downloader is still running and in slave mode
 			if (!isDownloaderProcessRunning() && getDownloaderMode() != DownloaderMode_Slave)
 			{
-				throw EDownloadException(CI18N::get("uiBGD_DownloaderStopped").toUtf8());
+				throw EDownloadException(CI18N::get("uiBGD_DownloaderStopped"));
 			}
 		}
 		else
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ void CBGDownloaderAccess::CDownloadCoTask::createDownloaderProcess()
 		BOOL ok = NLMISC::launchProgram(BGDownloaderName, Parent->_CommandLine);
 		if (!ok)
 		{
-			throw EDownloadException(CI18N::get("uiBGD_LaunchError").toUtf8());
+			throw EDownloadException(CI18N::get("uiBGD_LaunchError"));
 		}
 	}
 	else
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ void CBGDownloaderAccess::CDownloadCoTask::restartDownloader()
 			{
 				nlwarning("CBGDownloaderAccess::CDownloadCoTask : detected shared memory segment, with NULL pid");
 				// some problem here ...
-				throw EDownloadException(CI18N::get("uiBGD_MultipleRyzomInstance").toUtf8());
+				throw EDownloadException(CI18N::get("uiBGD_MultipleRyzomInstance"));
 			}
 		}
 		bool ok = NLMISC::CWinProcess::terminateProcess(*(DWORD *) ryzomInstPIDPtr);
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ void CBGDownloaderAccess::CDownloadCoTask::restartDownloader()
 		{
 			nlwarning("CBGDownloaderAccess::CDownloadCoTask : detected shared memory segment, with good pid, but couldn't stop the process");
 			// couldn't stop the other client ...
-			throw EDownloadException(CI18N::get("uiBGD_MultipleRyzomInstance").toUtf8());
+			throw EDownloadException(CI18N::get("uiBGD_MultipleRyzomInstance"));
 		}
 	}
 	// write our pid into shared mem
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ void CBGDownloaderAccess::CDownloadCoTask::restartDownloader()
 	if (!Parent->_RyzomInstPIDPtr)
 	{
 		// really, really bad luck ...
-		throw EDownloadException(CI18N::get("uiBGD_MultipleRyzomInstance").toUtf8());
+		throw EDownloadException(CI18N::get("uiBGD_MultipleRyzomInstance"));
 	}
 	*(uint32 *) Parent->_RyzomInstPIDPtr = (uint32) GetCurrentProcessId();
 
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ void CBGDownloaderAccess::CDownloadCoTask::restartDownloader()
 		const uint32 totalTries = 7;
 		while (waitTime <= 32000)
 		{
-			Parent->_CurrentMessage.fromUtf8(toString(CI18N::get("uiBGD_HandShaking").toUtf8().c_str(), tryIndex, totalTries));
+			Parent->_CurrentMessage.fromUtf8(toString(CI18N::get("uiBGD_HandShaking").c_str(), tryIndex, totalTries));
 
 			sendSimpleMsg(CL_Probe);
 			NLMISC::CMemStream dummyMsg;
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ void CBGDownloaderAccess::CDownloadCoTask::waitMsg(BGDownloader::TMsgType wanted
 	if (msgType != wantedMsgType)
 	{
 		nlwarning("BG DOWNLOADER PROTOCOL ERROR ! Bad message type received. Expected type is '%d', received type is '%d'", (int) wantedMsgType, (int) msgType);
-		throw EDownloadException(CI18N::get("uiBGD_ProtocolError").toUtf8());
+		throw EDownloadException(CI18N::get("uiBGD_ProtocolError"));
 	}
 }
 
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ void CBGDownloaderAccess::CDownloadCoTask::checkDownloaderAlive()
 {
 	if (!Parent->_DownloaderMsgQueue.connected() || !isDownloaderProcessRunning())
 	{
-		throw EDownloadException(CI18N::get("uiBGD_DownloaderDisconnected").toUtf8());
+		throw EDownloadException(CI18N::get("uiBGD_DownloaderDisconnected"));
 	}
 }
 

ryzom/client/src/client_chat_manager.cpp

@@ -1175,9 +1175,9 @@ class CHandlerTell : public IActionHandler
 	void execute (CCtrlBase *pCaller, const std::string &sParams)
 	{
 		string receiver = getParam (sParams, "player");
-		ucstring message;
-		message.fromUtf8(getParam (sParams, "text"));
-//		message = getParam (sParams, "text");
+		string message;
+		message = getParam (sParams, "text");
+
 		if (receiver.empty() || message.empty())
 			return;
 
@@ -1193,10 +1193,10 @@ class CHandlerTell : public IActionHandler
 		// display in the good window
 		CInterfaceProperty prop;
 		prop.readRGBA("UI:SAVE:CHAT:COLORS:SPEAKER"," ");
-		ucstring finalMsg;
+		string finalMsg;
 		CChatWindow::encodeColorTag(prop.getRGBA(), finalMsg, false);
 
-		ucstring csr(CHARACTER_TITLE::isCsrTitle(UserEntity->getTitleRaw()) ? "(CSR) " : "");
+		string csr(CHARACTER_TITLE::isCsrTitle(UserEntity->getTitleRaw()) ? "(CSR) " : "");
 		finalMsg += csr + CI18N::get("youTell") + ": ";
 		prop.readRGBA("UI:SAVE:CHAT:COLORS:TELL"," ");
 		CChatWindow::encodeColorTag(prop.getRGBA(), finalMsg, true);
@@ -1205,7 +1205,7 @@ class CHandlerTell : public IActionHandler
 //		TDataSetIndex dsi; // not used ....
 		PeopleInterraction.ChatInput.Tell.displayTellMessage(/*dsi, */finalMsg, receiver, prop.getRGBA());
 
-		ucstring s = CI18N::get("youTellPlayer");
+		string s = CI18N::get("youTellPlayer");
 		strFindReplace(s, "%name", receiver);
 		strFindReplace(finalMsg, CI18N::get("youTell"), s);
 		CInterfaceManager::getInstance()->log(finalMsg, CChatGroup::groupTypeToString(CChatGroup::tell));
@@ -1340,9 +1340,7 @@ class CHandlerTalk : public IActionHandler
 		// Param
 		uint mode;
 		fromString(getParam (sParams, "mode"), mode);
-		ucstring text;
-		text.fromUtf8 (getParam (sParams, "text"));
-//		text = getParam (sParams, "text");
+		string text = getParam (sParams, "text");
 
 		// Parse any tokens in the text
 		if ( ! CInterfaceManager::parseTokens(text))
@@ -1355,7 +1353,7 @@ class CHandlerTalk : public IActionHandler
 		{
 			if(text[0] == '/')
 			{
-				string str = text.toUtf8();
+				string str = text;
 				string cmdWithArgs = str.substr(1);
 
 				// Get the command name from the string, can contain spaces

ryzom/client/src/client_sheets/item_sheet.cpp

@@ -906,7 +906,7 @@ bool	CItemSheet::canExchangeOrGive(bool botChatGift) const
 }
 
 // ***************************************************************************
-void	CItemSheet::getItemPartListAsText(ucstring &ipList) const
+void	CItemSheet::getItemPartListAsText(std::string &ipList) const
 {
 	bool	all= true;
 	for(uint i=0;i<RM_FABER_TYPE::NUM_FABER_TYPE;i++)

ryzom/client/src/client_sheets/item_sheet.h

@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ public:
 	bool	canExchangeOrGive(bool botChatGift) const;
 
 	// MP only. return translated text of all item part this MP can build. empty, if can't build anything
-	void	getItemPartListAsText(ucstring &ipList) const;
+	void	getItemPartListAsText(std::string &ipList) const;
 
 	// get craft plan
 	const NLMISC::CSheetId &getCraftPlan() const { return CraftPlan; }

ryzom/client/src/commands.cpp

@@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ NLMISC_COMMAND(bugReport, "Call the bug report tool with dump", "<AddScreenshot>
 
 	string sys;
 
-	sys = "Language "+CI18N::getCurrentLanguageName().toString() +" ";
+	sys = "Language "+CI18N::getCurrentLanguageName() +" ";
 
 	if (!args.empty())
 	{
@@ -1306,9 +1306,9 @@ NLMISC_COMMAND(execScript, "Execute a script file (.cmd)","<FileName>")
 						inComment++;
 					if(inComment<=0)
 					{
-						ucstring ucline(line);
+						string ucline(line);
 						CInterfaceManager::parseTokens(ucline);
-						ICommand::execute(ucline.toUtf8(), g_log);
+						ICommand::execute(ucline, g_log);
 					}
 					if(strncmp(line, "*/", 2)==0)
 						inComment--;

ryzom/client/src/connection.cpp

@@ -1019,7 +1019,7 @@ TInterfaceState globalMenu()
 				// Display the firewall alert string
 				CViewText *pVT = dynamic_cast<CViewText*>(CWidgetManager::getInstance()->getElementFromId("ui:outgame:connecting:title"));
 				if (pVT != NULL)
-					pVT->setText(CI18N::get("uiFirewallAlert").toUtf8() + "...");
+					pVT->setText(CI18N::get("uiFirewallAlert") + "...");
 
 				// The mouse and fullscreen mode should be unlocked for the user to set the firewall permission
 				nlSleep( 30 ); // 'nice' the client, and prevent to make too many send attempts
@@ -1235,8 +1235,8 @@ TInterfaceState globalMenu()
 					if (pVT != NULL)
 					{
 						pVT->setMultiLine( true );
-						pVT->setText(CI18N::get("uiFirewallFail").toUtf8()+".\n"+
-									  CI18N::get("uiFirewallAlert").toUtf8()+".");
+						pVT->setText(CI18N::get("uiFirewallFail")+".\n"+
+									  CI18N::get("uiFirewallAlert")+".");
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -1317,7 +1317,7 @@ public:
 			if (pVT == NULL) return;
 
 			if (rCS.Name.empty())
-				pVT->setText(CI18N::get("uiEmptySlot").toUtf8());
+				pVT->setText(CI18N::get("uiEmptySlot"));
 			else
 				pVT->setText(rCS.Name.toUtf8());
 		}
@@ -1326,7 +1326,7 @@ public:
 		{
 			CViewText *pVT = dynamic_cast<CViewText*>(CWidgetManager::getInstance()->getElementFromId(sPath+":text"+NLMISC::toString(i)));
 			if (pVT == NULL) return;
-			pVT->setText(CI18N::get("uiEmptySlot").toUtf8());
+			pVT->setText(CI18N::get("uiEmptySlot"));
 		}
 	}
 };
@@ -1348,7 +1348,7 @@ void setTarget(CCtrlBase *ctrl, const string &targetName, ucstring &value)
 	if (ig)
 	{
 		CInterfaceExprValue exprValue;
-		exprValue.setUCString(value);
+		exprValue.setString(value.toUtf8());
 
 		CInterfaceLink::splitLinkTargets(targetName, ig, targets);
 		for(uint k = 0; k < targets.size(); ++k)
@@ -2315,7 +2315,7 @@ public:
 			CCtrlBase *pBut = pNewLine->getCtrl("but");
 			if (pBut != NULL)
 			{
-				pBut->setDefaultContextHelp(tooltip);
+				pBut->setDefaultContextHelp(tooltip.toUtf8());
 			}
 			addGroupInList(pNewLine);
 		}
@@ -2680,7 +2680,7 @@ class CAHScenarioControl : public IActionHandler
 			CViewText* viewText = dynamic_cast<CViewText*>(result);
 			if(viewText)
 			{
-				viewText->setText(R2::getEditor().isInitialized()?CI18N::get("uiR2EDScenarioName").toUtf8():CI18N::get("uiR2EDScenarioFileName").toUtf8());
+				viewText->setText(R2::getEditor().isInitialized()?CI18N::get("uiR2EDScenarioName"):CI18N::get("uiR2EDScenarioFileName"));
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -2692,9 +2692,9 @@ class CAHScenarioControl : public IActionHandler
 			if(okButton)
 			{
 				if(R2::getEditor().getAccessMode()!=R2::CEditor::AccessDM)
-					okButton->setHardText(CI18N::get("uiR2EDLaunchScenario").toString());
+					okButton->setHardText(CI18N::get("uiR2EDLaunchScenario"));
 				else
-					okButton->setHardText(CI18N::get("uiR2EDApplyScenarioFilters").toString());
+					okButton->setHardText(CI18N::get("uiR2EDApplyScenarioFilters"));
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -3182,9 +3182,9 @@ class CAHLoadScenario : public IActionHandler
 		// --------------------------
 
 		TRuleType ruleType(TRuleType::rt_strict);
-		if(rules==CI18N::get("uiR2EDliberal").toString())
+		if(rules==CI18N::get("uiR2EDliberal"))
 			ruleType = TRuleType(TRuleType::rt_liberal);
-		else if(rules == CI18N::get("uiR2EDstrict").toString())
+		else if(rules == CI18N::get("uiR2EDstrict"))
 			ruleType = TRuleType(TRuleType::rt_strict);
 		volatile static bool override = false;
 		if (override)
@@ -3248,7 +3248,7 @@ class CAHLoadScenario : public IActionHandler
 			{
 				CViewText* pVT = dynamic_cast<CViewText*>(CWidgetManager::getInstance()->getElementFromId("ui:interface:warning_free_trial:text"));
 				if (pVT != NULL)
-					pVT->setText(CI18N::get("uiRingWarningFreeTrial").toUtf8());
+					pVT->setText(CI18N::get("uiRingWarningFreeTrial"));
 				CAHManager::getInstance()->runActionHandler("enter_modal", pCaller, "group=ui:interface:warning_free_trial");
 
 				return;
@@ -3329,7 +3329,7 @@ class CAHLoadScenario : public IActionHandler
 						{
 							CViewText* pVT = dynamic_cast<CViewText*>(CWidgetManager::getInstance()->getElementFromId("ui:interface:warning_free_trial:text"));
 							if (pVT != NULL)
-								pVT->setText(CI18N::get("uiRingWarningFreeTrial").toUtf8());
+								pVT->setText(CI18N::get("uiRingWarningFreeTrial"));
 							CAHManager::getInstance()->runActionHandler("enter_modal", pCaller, "group=ui:interface:warning_free_trial");
 						}
 
@@ -3358,7 +3358,7 @@ class CAHLoadScenario : public IActionHandler
 										{
 											CViewText* pVT = dynamic_cast<CViewText*>(CWidgetManager::getInstance()->getElementFromId("ui:interface:warning_free_trial:text"));
 											if (pVT != NULL)
-												pVT->setText(CI18N::get("uiRingWarningInviteFreeTrial").toUtf8());
+												pVT->setText(CI18N::get("uiRingWarningInviteFreeTrial"));
 											CAHManager::getInstance()->runActionHandler("enter_modal", pCaller, "group=ui:interface:warning_free_trial");
 										}
 									}

ryzom/client/src/contextual_cursor.cpp

@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ bool CContextualCursor::context(const std::string &contextName, float dist, cons
 				if(cursName.empty())
 					cursor->setString(CI18N::get(functions.cursor));
 				else
-					cursor->setString(cursName);
+					cursor->setString(cursName.toUtf8());
 			}
 		}
 	}

ryzom/client/src/debug_client.cpp

@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ string getDebugInformation()
 	str += toString("ServerTick: %u\n", NetMngr.getCurrentServerTick());
 	str += toString("ConnectState: %s\n", NetMngr.getConnectionStateCStr());
 	str += toString("LocalAddress: %s\n", NetMngr.getAddress().asString().c_str());
-	str += toString("Language: %s\n", CI18N::getCurrentLanguageName().toString().c_str());
+	str += toString("Language: %s\n", CI18N::getCurrentLanguageName().c_str());
 	str += toString("ClientVersion: %s\n", getDebugVersion().c_str());
 	if (ClientCfg.R2Mode)
 	{

ryzom/client/src/init.cpp

@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ void checkDriverDepth ()
 #else
 		if (mode.Depth != 16 && mode.Depth != 24 && mode.Depth != 32)
 #endif
-			ExitClientError (CI18N::get ("uiDesktopNotIn32").toUtf8().c_str ());
+			ExitClientError (CI18N::get ("uiDesktopNotIn32").c_str ());
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1060,7 +1060,7 @@ void prelogInit()
 
 		if(Driver == NULL)
 		{
-			ExitClientError (CI18N::get ("Can_t_load_the_display_driver").toUtf8().c_str ());
+			ExitClientError (CI18N::get ("Can_t_load_the_display_driver").c_str ());
 			// ExitClientError() call exit() so the code after is never called
 			return;
 		}
@@ -1151,14 +1151,14 @@ void prelogInit()
 			string msg;
 			if (mode.Windowed)
 			{
-				msg = CI18N::get ("can_t_create_a_window_display").toUtf8();
+				msg = CI18N::get ("can_t_create_a_window_display");
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				msg = CI18N::get ("can_t_create_a_fullscreen_display").toUtf8();
+				msg = CI18N::get ("can_t_create_a_fullscreen_display");
 			}
 			msg += " (%dx%d %d ";
-			msg += CI18N::get ("bits").toUtf8 ();
+			msg += CI18N::get ("bits");
 			msg += ")";
 			ExitClientError (msg.c_str (), mode.Width, mode.Height, mode.Depth);
 			// ExitClientError() call exit() so the code after is never called

ryzom/client/src/init_main_loop.cpp

@@ -1714,6 +1714,6 @@ void initBloomConfigUI()
 	else
 	{
 		if(group)
-			group->setDefaultContextHelp(ucstring(""));
+			group->setDefaultContextHelp(std::string());
 	}
 }

ryzom/client/src/interface_v3/action_handler_edit.cpp

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static inline uint getCharacterCategory(u32char c)
 /** skip a block of character in a string, (same behaviour than when Ctrl-arrow is pressed)
   * It returns the new index
   */
-static uint skipUCCharsRight(uint startPos, const u32string &str)
+static uint skipUCCharsRight(uint startPos, const ::u32string &str)
 {
 	uint pos = startPos;
 	uint endIndex = (uint)str.length();
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ static uint skipUCCharsRight(uint startPos, const u32string &str)
 /** skip a block of character in a string, (same behaviour than when Ctrl-arrow is pressed)
   * It returns the new index
   */
-static uint skipUCCharsLeft(uint startPos, const u32string &str)
+static uint skipUCCharsLeft(uint startPos, const ::u32string &str)
 {
 	uint pos = startPos;
 	-- pos;
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ class CAHEditPreviousLine : public CAHEdit
 		if (_GroupEdit->getMaxHistoric() && (! _GroupEdit->getViewText()->getMultiLine()))
 		{
 			// Get the start of the string.
-			u32string	startStr= _GroupEdit->getInputStringRef().substr(0, _GroupEdit->getCursorPos());
+			::u32string	startStr= _GroupEdit->getInputStringRef().substr(0, _GroupEdit->getCursorPos());
 
 			// Search all historic string that match startStr.
 			for(sint i=_GroupEdit->getCurrentHistoricIndex()+1;i<(sint)_GroupEdit->getNumHistoric();i++)
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ class CAHEditNextLine : public CAHEdit
 		if( (! _GroupEdit->getViewText()->getMultiLine()) && _GroupEdit->getMaxHistoric() && _GroupEdit->getCurrentHistoricIndex()>0)
 		{
 			// Get the start of the string.
-			u32string	startStr= _GroupEdit->getInputStringRef().substr(0, _GroupEdit->getCursorPos());
+			::u32string	startStr= _GroupEdit->getInputStringRef().substr(0, _GroupEdit->getCursorPos());
 
 			// Search all historic string that match startStr.
 			for(sint i=_GroupEdit->getCurrentHistoricIndex()-1;i>=0;i--)
@@ -521,8 +521,8 @@ protected:
 		// else cut forwards
 		else if(_GroupEdit->getCursorPos() < (sint32) _GroupEdit->getInputStringRef().length())
 		{
-			u32string inputString = _GroupEdit->getInputStringRef();
-			u32string::iterator it = inputString.begin() + _GroupEdit->getCursorPos();
+			::u32string inputString = _GroupEdit->getInputStringRef();
+			::u32string::iterator it = inputString.begin() + _GroupEdit->getCursorPos();
 			inputString.erase(it);
 			_GroupEdit->setInputStringRef (inputString);
 			if (!_GroupEdit->getAHOnChange().empty())
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ class CAHEditExpandOrCycleTell : public CAHEdit
 		else
 		{
 			// it is not a filtered chat, display 'tell' (must be ingame)
-			_GroupEdit->setCommand(ucstring("tell ") + *lastTellPeople + (ucchar) ' ', false);
+			_GroupEdit->setCommand("tell " + (*lastTellPeople).toUtf8() + ' ', false);
 		}
 	}
 };

ryzom/client/src/interface_v3/action_handler_game.cpp

@@ -2071,9 +2071,9 @@ class CActionHandlerSetTargetName : public IActionHandler
 			}
 			// Set to target
 			CInterfaceExprValue evUCStr;
-			evUCStr.setUCString(TargetName);
+			evUCStr.setString(TargetName.toUtf8());
 			CInterfaceLink::setTargetProperty(sNameTarget, evUCStr);
-			evUCStr.setUCString(TargetTitle);
+			evUCStr.setString(TargetTitle.toUtf8());
 			CInterfaceLink::setTargetProperty(sTitleTarget, evUCStr);
 		}
 	}
@@ -2113,7 +2113,7 @@ class CActionHandlerSetTargetForceRegionLevel: public IActionHandler
 			pVBR->setColor(CRGBA(0,0,0,0));
 
 			if (pTooltip)
-				pTooltip->setDefaultContextHelp(ucstring(""));
+				pTooltip->setDefaultContextHelp(std::string());
 
 			return;
 		}
@@ -2166,7 +2166,7 @@ class CActionHandlerSetTargetForceRegionLevel: public IActionHandler
 				pVBR->setColor(CRGBA(0,0,0,0));
 
 				if (pTooltip)
-					pTooltip->setDefaultContextHelp(ucstring(""));
+					pTooltip->setDefaultContextHelp(std::string());
 
 				return;
 			}
@@ -2191,7 +2191,7 @@ class CActionHandlerSetTargetForceRegionLevel: public IActionHandler
 		CCtrlBase *tooltip = dynamic_cast<CCtrlBase*>(CWidgetManager::getInstance()->getElementFromId("ui:interface:target:header_opened:force"));
 		if (tooltip)
 		{
-			ucstring str;
+			string str;
 
 			if (nForceRegion == 1)
 				nForceRegion = 2;
@@ -3091,10 +3091,10 @@ public:
 		if( pCB )
 		{
 			pCB->resetTexts();
-			pCB->addText(CI18N::get("uigcLowTextureMode").toUtf8());
-			pCB->addText(CI18N::get("uigcNormalTextureMode").toUtf8());
+			pCB->addText(CI18N::get("uigcLowTextureMode"));
+			pCB->addText(CI18N::get("uigcNormalTextureMode"));
 			if(ClientCfg.HDTextureInstalled)
-				pCB->addText(CI18N::get("uigcHighTextureMode").toUtf8());
+				pCB->addText(CI18N::get("uigcHighTextureMode"));
 		}
 
 		// Anisotropic Filtering
@@ -3107,7 +3107,7 @@ public:
 			sint maxAnisotropic = (sint)Driver->getAnisotropicFilterMaximum();
 
 			pCB->resetTexts();
-			pCB->addText(CI18N::get("uigcFxAnisotropicFilterNone").toUtf8());
+			pCB->addText(CI18N::get("uigcFxAnisotropicFilterNone"));
 
 			sint anisotropic = 2;
 			uint i = 1;
@@ -4047,7 +4047,7 @@ public:
 		ucstring	str;
 		fillPlayerBarText(str, "HP", SCORES::hit_points, "uittPlayerLifeFormat");
 
-		CWidgetManager::getInstance()->setContextHelpText(str);
+		CWidgetManager::getInstance()->setContextHelpText(str.toUtf8());
 	}
 };
 REGISTER_ACTION_HANDLER(CHandlerPlayerTTLife, "player_tt_life");
@@ -4064,7 +4064,7 @@ public:
 		ucstring	str;
 		fillPlayerBarText(str, "STA", SCORES::stamina, "uittPlayerStaminaFormat");
 
-		CWidgetManager::getInstance()->setContextHelpText(str);
+		CWidgetManager::getInstance()->setContextHelpText(str.toUtf8());
 	}
 };
 REGISTER_ACTION_HANDLER(CHandlerPlayerTTStamina, "player_tt_stamina");
@@ -4081,7 +4081,7 @@ public:
 		ucstring	str;
 		fillPlayerBarText(str, "SAP", SCORES::sap, "uittPlayerSapFormat");
 
-		CWidgetManager::getInstance()->setContextHelpText(str);
+		CWidgetManager::getInstance()->setContextHelpText(str.toUtf8());
 	}
 };
 REGISTER_ACTION_HANDLER(CHandlerPlayerTTSap, "player_tt_sap");
@@ -4098,7 +4098,7 @@ public:
 		ucstring	str;
 		fillPlayerBarText(str, "FOCUS", SCORES::focus, "uittPlayerFocusFormat");
 
-		CWidgetManager::getInstance()->setContextHelpText(str);
+		CWidgetManager::getInstance()->setContextHelpText(str.toUtf8());
 	}
 };
 REGISTER_ACTION_HANDLER(CHandlerPlayerTTFocus, "player_tt_focus");
@@ -4128,7 +4128,7 @@ public:
 		ucstring	str= CI18N::get("uittBulkFormat");
 		strFindReplace(str, "%v", toString("%.2f", val) );
 		strFindReplace(str, "%m", toString(maxVal) );
-		CWidgetManager::getInstance()->setContextHelpText(str);
+		CWidgetManager::getInstance()->setContextHelpText(str.toUtf8());
 	}
 };
 REGISTER_ACTION_HANDLER(CHandlerGetTTBulk, "get_tt_bulk");

ryzom/client/src/interface_v3/action_handler_help.cpp

@@ -992,9 +992,7 @@ class CHandlerBrowse : public IActionHandler
 					}
 				}
 
-				ucstring ucparams(params);
-				CInterfaceManager::parseTokens(ucparams);
-				params = ucparams.toUtf8();
+				CInterfaceManager::parseTokens(params);
 				// go. NB: the action handler himself may translate params from utf8
 				CAHManager::getInstance()->runActionHandler(action, elementGroup, params);
 
@@ -2014,7 +2012,7 @@ void getItemText (CDBCtrlSheet *item, ucstring &itemText, const CItemSheet*pIS)
 			if(pIS->canBuildSomeItemPart())
 			{
 				ucstring	fmt= CI18N::get("uihelpItemMPCraft");
-				ucstring	ipList;
+				std::string	ipList;
 				pIS->getItemPartListAsText(ipList);
 				strFindReplace(fmt, "%ip", ipList);
 				strFindReplace(itemText, "%craft", fmt);
@@ -2200,7 +2198,7 @@ static void	setupRawMaterialStats(CSheetHelpSetup &setup)
 
 					if(pIS->canBuildItemPart(faberType))
 					{
-						pCB->addText(RM_FABER_TYPE::toLocalString(faberType).toUtf8());
+						pCB->addText(RM_FABER_TYPE::toLocalString(faberType));
 					}
 				}
 
@@ -3165,7 +3163,7 @@ void setupListBrickHeader(CSheetHelpSetup &setup)
 	if(view)
 	{
 		view->setActive(true);
-		view->setTextFormatTaged(CI18N::get("uihelpPhraseHeaderBricks").toUtf8());
+		view->setTextFormatTaged(CI18N::get("uihelpPhraseHeaderBricks"));
 	}
 }
 
@@ -3473,7 +3471,7 @@ void setConsoModSuccessTooltip( CDBCtrlSheet *cs )
 	CInterfaceManager * pIM = CInterfaceManager::getInstance();
 
 	CCDBNodeLeaf * nodeSM = NULL;
-	ucstring ustr;
+	string ustr;
 	if( CSheetId(cs->getSheetId()).toString() == "mod_melee_success.sbrick" )
 	{
 		ustr = CI18N::get("uittModMeleeSuccess");
@@ -3588,7 +3586,7 @@ public:
 			CCDBNodeLeaf * node = NLGUI::CDBManager::getInstance()->getDbProp("SERVER:USER:DEATH_XP_MALUS", false);
 			if( node )
 			{
-				ucstring txt = CI18N::get("uittDeathPenalty");
+				string txt = CI18N::get("uittDeathPenalty");
 				strFindReplace(txt, "%dp", toString((100*node->getValue16())/254));
 				CWidgetManager::getInstance()->setContextHelpText(txt);
 			}
@@ -3597,7 +3595,7 @@ public:
 		else if( getAuraDisabledState(cs) )
 		{
 			// get the normal string, and append a short info.
-			ucstring	str;
+			std::string	str;
 			cs->getContextHelp(str);
 
 			str+= CI18N::get("uittAuraDisabled");
@@ -3630,7 +3628,7 @@ public:
 		CCDBNodeLeaf *node = NLGUI::CDBManager::getInstance()->getDbProp(toString("SERVER:PACK_ANIMAL:BEAST%d:NAME", index));
 		if (node && CStringManagerClient::instance()->getDynString(node->getValue32(), txt))
 		{
-			CWidgetManager::getInstance()->setContextHelpText(CEntityCL::removeTitleFromName(txt));
+			CWidgetManager::getInstance()->setContextHelpText(CEntityCL::removeTitleFromName(txt).toUtf8());
 		}
 	}
 };
@@ -3676,7 +3674,7 @@ public:
 		str += toString(minTimeRemaining);
 
 		// replace the context help that is required.
-		CWidgetManager::getInstance()->setContextHelpText(str);
+		CWidgetManager::getInstance()->setContextHelpText(str.toUtf8());
 	}
 };
 REGISTER_ACTION_HANDLER( CHandlerAnimalDeadPopupTooltip, "animal_dead_popup_tooltip");
@@ -3838,7 +3836,7 @@ static	void	onMpChangeItemPart(CInterfaceGroup *wnd, uint32 itemSheetId, const s
 			CViewText	*statTitle= dynamic_cast<CViewText*>(groupStat->getElement(groupStat->getId()+":text" ));
 			CDBViewBar	*statValue= dynamic_cast<CDBViewBar*>(groupStat->getElement(groupStat->getId()+":bar" ));
 			if(statTitle)
-				statTitle->setText(RM_FABER_STAT_TYPE::toLocalString(statType).toUtf8());
+				statTitle->setText(RM_FABER_STAT_TYPE::toLocalString(statType));
 			if(statValue)
 				statValue->setValue(itemPart.Stats[i]);
 		}

ryzom/client/src/interface_v3/action_handler_item.cpp

@@ -2046,9 +2046,7 @@ class CHandlerItemMenuCheck : public IActionHandler
 				std::string name = groupNames[i];
 				std::string ahParams = "name=" + name;
 				//Use ucstring because group name can contain accentued characters (and stuff like that)
-				ucstring nameUC;
-				nameUC.fromUtf8(name);
-				pGroupMenu->addLine(nameUC, "", "", name);
+				pGroupMenu->addLine(name, "", "", name);
 				CGroupSubMenu* pNewSubMenu = new CGroupSubMenu(CViewBase::TCtorParam());
 				pGroupMenu->setSubMenu(pGroupMenu->getNumLine()-1, pNewSubMenu);
 				if(pNewSubMenu)
@@ -2074,7 +2072,7 @@ class CHandlerItemMenuCheck : public IActionHandler
 						{
 							//there is an offset of 1 because TInventory names are pet_animal1/2/3/4
 							std::string dst = toString("destination=pet_animal%d|", j + 1);
-							CViewTextMenu* tmp = pNewSubMenu->addLine(ucstring(pMoveToPa[j]->getHardText()),"item_group_move",  dst + ahParams, name + toString("_pa%d", j + 1));
+							CViewTextMenu* tmp = pNewSubMenu->addLine(pMoveToPa[j]->getHardText(),"item_group_move",  dst + ahParams, name + toString("_pa%d", j + 1));
 							if(tmp) tmp->setGrayed(pMoveToPa[j]->getGrayed());
 						}
 					}

ryzom/client/src/interface_v3/action_handler_phrase.cpp

@@ -1668,7 +1668,7 @@ static DECLARE_INTERFACE_USER_FCT(getSPhraseName)
 			return false;
 		sint	sphraseId= (sint)args[0].getInteger();
 		CSPhraseManager		*pPM= CSPhraseManager::getInstance();
-		result.setUCString(pPM->getPhrase(sphraseId).Name);
+		result.setString(pPM->getPhrase(sphraseId).Name.toUtf8());
 		return true;
 	}
 	else
@@ -1699,7 +1699,7 @@ public:
 		else
 			strFindReplace(str, "%comp", CI18N::get("uittPhraseCombatRestrictOK"));
 
-		CWidgetManager::getInstance()->setContextHelpText(str);
+		CWidgetManager::getInstance()->setContextHelpText(str.toUtf8());
 	}
 };
 REGISTER_ACTION_HANDLER( CHandlerCombatRestrictTooltip, "phrase_combat_restrict_tooltip");

ryzom/client/src/interface_v3/action_phrase_faber.cpp

@@ -1790,7 +1790,7 @@ void	CActionPhraseFaber::updateItemResult()
 				uint	sv= uint(statArray[i]*100);
 				if(statTitle)
 				{
-					statTitle->setText(RM_FABER_STAT_TYPE::toLocalString(statType).toUtf8());
+					statTitle->setText(RM_FABER_STAT_TYPE::toLocalString(statType));
 					statTitle->setColor(usageColor);
 				}
 				if(statValueBar)
@@ -1812,7 +1812,7 @@ void	CActionPhraseFaber::updateItemResult()
 							RM_FABER_STAT_TYPE::isMagicProtectStat(RM_FABER_STAT_TYPE::TRMStatType(i)) )
 							statToolTip->setDefaultContextHelp(CI18N::get("uiFaberStatActive"));
 						else
-							statToolTip->setDefaultContextHelp(ucstring());
+							statToolTip->setDefaultContextHelp(std::string());
 					}
 					else
 						statToolTip->setDefaultContextHelp(CI18N::get("uiFaberStatGrayed"));

ryzom/client/src/interface_v3/bot_chat_page_dynamic_mission.cpp

@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ void CBotChatPageDynamicMission::update()
 				else
 				{
 					// add a text to show the player that the text is being received
-					_ChoiceCB[k]->addText(NLMISC::CI18N::get("uiWaitingChoiceFromServer").toUtf8());
+					_ChoiceCB[k]->addText(NLMISC::CI18N::get("uiWaitingChoiceFromServer"));
 				}
 			}
 		}

ryzom/client/src/interface_v3/bot_chat_page_trade.cpp

@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ void CBotChatPageTrade::startBuyDialog(CDBCtrlSheet *sheet, CCtrlBase * /* pCall
 	CViewText *priceLabel = dynamic_cast<CViewText*>(ig->getView( "standard_price:total_price_header" ));
 	if ( _BuyMean == Money && priceLabel )
 	{
-		priceLabel->setText( CI18N::get( "uiPrice" ).toUtf8() );
+		priceLabel->setText( CI18N::get( "uiPrice" ) );
 		priceLabel->setActive(true);
 	}
 	else
@@ -893,7 +893,7 @@ void CBotChatPageTrade::startBuyDialog(CDBCtrlSheet *sheet, CCtrlBase * /* pCall
 	{
 		confirmButton->setActive( true );
 		// no need any context help because too simple
-		confirmButton->setDefaultContextHelp(ucstring());
+		confirmButton->setDefaultContextHelp(std::string());
 		if(isItem)
 		{
 			CItemSheet * itemSheet = dynamic_cast<CItemSheet*> ( SheetMngr.get( CSheetId( sheet->getSheetId() ) ) );
@@ -977,7 +977,7 @@ void CBotChatPageTrade::startSellDialog(CDBCtrlSheet *sheet, CCtrlBase * /* pCal
 	CViewText *priceLabel = dynamic_cast<CViewText*>(ig->getView( "standard_price:total_price_header" ));
 	if ( priceLabel )
 	{
-		priceLabel->setText( CI18N::get( "uiImmediatePrice" ).toUtf8() );
+		priceLabel->setText( CI18N::get( "uiImmediatePrice" ) );
 		priceLabel->setActive(true);
 	}
 
@@ -2428,7 +2428,7 @@ public:
 	void execute (CCtrlBase * /* pCaller */, const std::string &/* sParams */)
 	{
 		// \todo yoyo: for now disable tooltip
-		CWidgetManager::getInstance()->setContextHelpText(ucstring());
+		CWidgetManager::getInstance()->setContextHelpText(std::string());
 	}
 };
 REGISTER_ACTION_HANDLER(CHandlerBotChatTTItemType, "botchat_tt_item_type");
@@ -2575,11 +2575,11 @@ static DECLARE_INTERFACE_USER_FCT(getPriceWithFame)
 	sint	value= (sint)args[0].getInteger();
 	sint	valueFame= (sint)args[1].getInteger();
 	if(value==-1)
-		result.setUCString(CI18N::get("uiBadPrice"));
+		result.setString(CI18N::get("uiBadPrice"));
 	else if(value==valueFame)
-		result.setUCString(NLMISC::formatThousands(toString(value)));
+		result.setString(NLMISC::formatThousands(toString(value)));
 	else
-		result.setUCString(NLMISC::formatThousands(toString(valueFame)) + " (" + NLMISC::formatThousands(toString(value)) + ")");
+		result.setString(NLMISC::formatThousands(toString(valueFame)) + " (" + NLMISC::formatThousands(toString(value)) + ")");
 
 	return true;
 }
@@ -2595,7 +2595,7 @@ static DECLARE_INTERFACE_USER_FCT(getBonusOnResale)
 	sint	valueHigh= (sint)args[0].getInteger();
 	sint	valueLow= (sint)args[1].getInteger();
 	sint	diff = valueHigh - valueLow;
-	result.setUCString("+" + NLMISC::formatThousands(toString(diff)));
+	result.setString("+" + NLMISC::formatThousands(toString(diff)));
 
 	return true;
 }

ryzom/client/src/interface_v3/chat_window.cpp

@@ -349,13 +349,13 @@ void CChatWindow::enableBlink(uint numBlinks)
 void CChatWindow::setCommand(const std::string &command, bool execute)
 {
 	if (!_EB) return;
-	_EB->setCommand(ucstring(command), execute);
+	_EB->setCommand(command, execute);
 }
 
 void CChatWindow::setCommand(const ucstring &command,bool execute)
 {
 	if (!_EB) return;
-	_EB->setCommand(command, execute);
+	_EB->setCommand(command.toUtf8(), execute);
 }
 
 
@@ -472,25 +472,25 @@ void CChatWindow::setHeaderColor(const std::string &n)
 //=================================================================================
 void CChatWindow::displayLocalPlayerTell(const ucstring &receiver, const ucstring &msg, uint numBlinks /*= 0*/)
 {
-	ucstring finalMsg;
+	string finalMsg;
 	CInterfaceProperty prop;
 	prop.readRGBA("UI:SAVE:CHAT:COLORS:SPEAKER"," ");
 	encodeColorTag(prop.getRGBA(), finalMsg, false);
 
-	ucstring csr(CHARACTER_TITLE::isCsrTitle(UserEntity->getTitleRaw()) ? "(CSR) " : "");
+	string csr(CHARACTER_TITLE::isCsrTitle(UserEntity->getTitleRaw()) ? "(CSR) " : "");
 	finalMsg += csr + CI18N::get("youTell") + ": ";
 	prop.readRGBA("UI:SAVE:CHAT:COLORS:TELL"," ");
 	encodeColorTag(prop.getRGBA(), finalMsg, true);
-	finalMsg += msg;
+	finalMsg += msg.toUtf8();
 
-	ucstring s = CI18N::get("youTellPlayer");
-	strFindReplace(s, "%name", receiver);
+	string s = CI18N::get("youTellPlayer");
+	strFindReplace(s, "%name", receiver.toUtf8());
 	strFindReplace(finalMsg, CI18N::get("youTell"), s);
 	displayMessage(finalMsg, prop.getRGBA(), CChatGroup::tell, 0, numBlinks);
 	CInterfaceManager::getInstance()->log(finalMsg, CChatGroup::groupTypeToString(CChatGroup::tell));
 }
 
-void CChatWindow::encodeColorTag(const NLMISC::CRGBA &color, ucstring &text, bool append)
+void CChatWindow::encodeColorTag(const NLMISC::CRGBA &color, std::string &text, bool append)
 {
 	// WARNING : The lookup table MUST contains 17 element (with the last doubled)
 	// because we add 7 to the 8 bit color before shifting to right in order to match color
@@ -498,8 +498,8 @@ void CChatWindow::encodeColorTag(const NLMISC::CRGBA &color, ucstring &text, boo
 	// Have 17 entry remove the need for a %16 for each color component.
 	// By the way, this comment is more longer to type than to add the %16...
 	//
-	static ucchar ConvTable[] = {'0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', 'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F', 'F'};
-	ucstring str;
+	static char ConvTable[] = {'0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', 'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F', 'F'};
+	string str;
 	if (append)
 	{
 		str.reserve(7 + str.size());
@@ -1273,7 +1273,7 @@ public:
 	{
 		CGroupEditBox *pEB = dynamic_cast<CGroupEditBox*>(pCaller);
 		if (pEB == NULL) return;
-		ucstring text = pEB->getInputStringAsUtf16();
+		string text = pEB->getInputString();
 		// If the line is empty, do nothing
 		if(text.empty())
 			return;
@@ -1297,7 +1297,7 @@ public:
 		if(text[0] == '/')
 		{
 			CChatWindow::_ChatWindowLaunchingCommand = chat;
-			string str = text.toUtf8();
+			string str = text;
 			string cmdWithArgs = str.substr(1);
 
 			// Get the command name from the string, can contain spaces

ryzom/client/src/interface_v3/chat_window.h

@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ public:
 	void displayLocalPlayerTell(const ucstring &receiver, const ucstring &msg, uint numBlinks = 0);
 
 	/// Encode a color tag '@{RGBA}' in the text. If append is true, append at end of text, otherwise, replace the text
-	static void encodeColorTag(const NLMISC::CRGBA &color, ucstring &text, bool append=true);
+	static void encodeColorTag(const NLMISC::CRGBA &color, std::string &text, bool append=true);
 
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 protected:

ryzom/client/src/interface_v3/dbctrl_sheet.cpp

@@ -3373,13 +3373,13 @@ void	CDBCtrlSheet::setupItemInfoWaiter()
 }
 
 // ***************************************************************************
-void	CDBCtrlSheet::getContextHelp(ucstring &help) const
+void	CDBCtrlSheet::getContextHelp(std::string &help) const
 {
 	if (getType() == CCtrlSheetInfo::SheetType_Skill)
 	{
 		// just show the name of the skill
 		// the sheet id is interpreted as a skill enum
-		help= STRING_MANAGER::CStringManagerClient::getSkillLocalizedName( (SKILLS::ESkills)_SheetId.getSInt32() );
+		help= CUtfStringView(STRING_MANAGER::CStringManagerClient::getSkillLocalizedName( (SKILLS::ESkills)_SheetId.getSInt32() )).toUtf8();
 	}
 	else if(getType() == CCtrlSheetInfo::SheetType_Macro)
 	{
@@ -3392,7 +3392,7 @@ void	CDBCtrlSheet::getContextHelp(ucstring &help) const
 		if (macroName.empty())
 			macroName = CI18N::get("uiNotAssigned");
 
-		ucstring assignedTo = macro->Combo.toUCString();
+		ucstring assignedTo = macro->Combo.toString();
 		if (assignedTo.empty())
 			assignedTo = CI18N::get("uiNotAssigned");
 
@@ -3426,7 +3426,7 @@ void	CDBCtrlSheet::getContextHelp(ucstring &help) const
 		strFindReplace(dispText, ucstring("%n"), macroName);
 		strFindReplace(dispText, ucstring("%k"), assignedTo);
 		strFindReplace(dispText, ucstring("%c"), dispCommands);
-		help = dispText;
+		help = dispText.toUtf8();
 	}
 	else if(getType() == CCtrlSheetInfo::SheetType_Item)
 	{
@@ -3437,10 +3437,10 @@ void	CDBCtrlSheet::getContextHelp(ucstring &help) const
 			{
 				// call lua function to update tooltip window
 				_ItemInfoWaiter.sendRequest();
-				help = _ItemInfoWaiter.infoValidated();
+				help = _ItemInfoWaiter.infoValidated().toUtf8();
 				// its expected to get at least item name back
 				if (help.empty())
-					help = getItemActualName();
+					help = getItemActualName().toUtf8();
 			}
 			else if (!_ContextHelp.empty())
 			{
@@ -3448,7 +3448,7 @@ void	CDBCtrlSheet::getContextHelp(ucstring &help) const
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				help = getItemActualName();
+				help = getItemActualName().toUtf8();;
 			}
 		}
 		else
@@ -3479,7 +3479,7 @@ void	CDBCtrlSheet::getContextHelp(ucstring &help) const
 		CSBrickManager	*pBM= CSBrickManager::getInstance();
 		CSBrickSheet	*brick= pBM->getBrick(CSheetId(getSheetId()));
 		if(brick)
-			help= STRING_MANAGER::CStringManagerClient::getSBrickLocalizedName(brick->Id);
+			help= CUtfStringView(STRING_MANAGER::CStringManagerClient::getSBrickLocalizedName(brick->Id)).toUtf8();
 		else
 			help= _ContextHelp;
 	}
@@ -3488,7 +3488,7 @@ void	CDBCtrlSheet::getContextHelp(ucstring &help) const
 		sint32	phraseId= getSheetId();
 		if (phraseId == 0)
 		{
-			help = ucstring();
+			help = std::string();
 		}
 		else
 		{
@@ -3506,10 +3506,11 @@ void	CDBCtrlSheet::getContextHelp(ucstring &help) const
 				game = game["game"];
 				game.callMethodByNameNoThrow("updatePhraseTooltip", 1, 1);
 				// retrieve result from stack
-				help = ucstring();
+				ucstring tmpHelp;
 				if (!ls->empty())
 				{
-					CLuaIHM::pop(*ls, help);
+					CLuaIHM::pop(*ls, tmpHelp); // FIXME: Lua UTF-8
+					help = tmpHelp.toUtf8();
 				}
 				else
 				{
@@ -3542,7 +3543,7 @@ void	CDBCtrlSheet::getContextHelp(ucstring &help) const
 	{
 		CSPhraseSheet	*phrase= dynamic_cast<CSPhraseSheet*>(SheetMngr.get(CSheetId(getSheetId())));
 		if(phrase)
-			help= STRING_MANAGER::CStringManagerClient::getSPhraseLocalizedName(phrase->Id);
+			help= CUtfStringView(STRING_MANAGER::CStringManagerClient::getSPhraseLocalizedName(phrase->Id)).toUtf8();
 		else
 			help= _ContextHelp;
 	}
@@ -3550,14 +3551,14 @@ void	CDBCtrlSheet::getContextHelp(ucstring &help) const
 	{
 		const COutpostBuildingSheet *outpost = asOutpostBuildingSheet();
 		if (outpost)
-			help = CStringManagerClient::getOutpostBuildingLocalizedName(CSheetId(_SheetId.getSInt32()));
+			help = CUtfStringView(CStringManagerClient::getOutpostBuildingLocalizedName(CSheetId(_SheetId.getSInt32()))).toUtf8();
 		else
 			help = _ContextHelp;
 	}
 }
 
 // ***************************************************************************
-void	CDBCtrlSheet::getContextHelpToolTip(ucstring &help) const
+void	CDBCtrlSheet::getContextHelpToolTip(std::string &help) const
 {
 	// Special case for buff items and spell crystals, only for tooltips
 	if (getType() == CCtrlSheetInfo::SheetType_Item)
@@ -3568,7 +3569,7 @@ void	CDBCtrlSheet::getContextHelpToolTip(ucstring &help) const
 			if (useItemInfoForFamily(item->Family))
 			{
 				_ItemInfoWaiter.sendRequest();
-				help = _ItemInfoWaiter.infoValidated();
+				help = _ItemInfoWaiter.infoValidated().toUtf8();
 				return;
 			}
 		}

ryzom/client/src/interface_v3/dbctrl_sheet.h

@@ -393,9 +393,9 @@ public:
 	NLMISC::CRGBA			getSheetColor() const {return _SheetColor;}
 
 	/// Special ContextHelp for ctrl sheet.
-	virtual void			getContextHelp(ucstring &help) const;
+	virtual void			getContextHelp(std::string &help) const;
 
-	virtual void			getContextHelpToolTip(ucstring &help) const;
+	virtual void			getContextHelpToolTip(std::string &help) const;
 
 
 	/** true if an item of another ctrlSheet can be dropped on this slot.

ryzom/client/src/interface_v3/dbgroup_build_phrase.cpp

@@ -1119,10 +1119,10 @@ void			CDBGroupBuildPhrase::updateAllDisplay(const CSPhraseCom &phrase)
 		{
 			word.InfoView->setActive(true);
 			if(i==0)
-				word.InfoView->setText( CI18N::get("uiTextHelpSelectRootBrick").toUtf8() );
+				word.InfoView->setText( CI18N::get("uiTextHelpSelectRootBrick") );
 			else
 				// start effect index at 1 (human readable :) )
-				word.InfoView->setText( CI18N::get("uiTextHelpSelectEffectBrick").toUtf8() + toString(i) );
+				word.InfoView->setText( CI18N::get("uiTextHelpSelectEffectBrick") + toString(i) );
 		}
 	}
 

ryzom/client/src/interface_v3/dbgroup_list_sheet_mission.cpp

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ CViewText *CDBGroupListSheetMission::CSheetChildMission::createViewText() const
 	CViewTextIDFormated *vti = new CViewTextIDFormated(CViewBase::TCtorParam());
 	if (Ctrl) vti->setDBLeaf(dynamic_cast<CCDBNodeLeaf *>(Ctrl->getRootBranch()->getNode(ICDBNode::CTextId("TEXT"))));
 	else vti->setDBLeaf(NULL);
-	vti->setFormatString(ucstring("$t"));
+	vti->setFormatString("$t");
 	return vti;
 }
 

ryzom/client/src/interface_v3/dbgroup_list_sheet_text.cpp

@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ void		CDBGroupListSheetText::CSheetChild::updateViewTextAsItem()
 	if(Ctrl && Text && Ctrl->getSheetCategory() == CDBCtrlSheet::Item)
 	{
 		// get the text
-		ucstring text;
+		std::string text;
 		Ctrl->getContextHelp(text);
 
 		// Text color red if requirement not met
@@ -1070,7 +1070,7 @@ void		CDBGroupListSheetText::CSheetChild::updateViewTextAsItem()
 				// Add craft info for MP
 				if(pIS->Family==ITEMFAMILY::RAW_MATERIAL)
 				{
-					ucstring	ipList;
+					string	ipList;
 					pIS->getItemPartListAsText(ipList);
 					if(ipList.empty())
 					{
@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@ void		CDBGroupListSheetText::CSheetChild::updateViewTextAsItem()
 		}
 
 		// set text
-		Text->setTextFormatTaged(text.toUtf8());
+		Text->setTextFormatTaged(text);
 	}
 }
 

ryzom/client/src/interface_v3/dbgroup_list_sheet_text.h

@@ -133,9 +133,9 @@ public:
 		// Called at updateCoords to remake the text
 		virtual void updateViewText(CDBGroupListSheetText * /* pFather */)
 		{
-			ucstring text;
+			std::string text;
 			Ctrl->getContextHelp(text);
-			Text->setText(text.toUtf8());
+			Text->setText(text);
 		}
 
 		// create a CViewText object that is displayed next to the item. This is the opportunnity to create

ryzom/client/src/interface_v3/dbgroup_list_sheet_text_phrase.cpp

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ void CDBGroupListSheetTextPhrase::CSheetChildPhrase::init(CDBGroupListSheetText
 // ***************************************************************************
 void CDBGroupListSheetTextPhrase::CSheetChildPhrase::updateViewText(CDBGroupListSheetText * /* pFather */)
 {
-	ucstring	text;
+	std::string	text;
 	if(Ctrl->getType()!=CCtrlSheetInfo::SheetType_SPhrase)
 		return;
 
@@ -87,14 +87,14 @@ void CDBGroupListSheetTextPhrase::CSheetChildPhrase::updateViewText(CDBGroupList
 	// append the level if possible
 	if(LevelDB)
 	{
-		ucstring	fmt= CI18N::get("uiPhraseLevelFmt");
+		std::string	fmt= CI18N::get("uiPhraseLevelFmt").toUtf8();
 		strFindReplace(fmt, "%d", toString(LevelCache));
 		text+= "\n" + fmt;
 	}
 #endif
 
 	// set
-	Text->setText(text.toUtf8());
+	Text->setText(text);
 }
 
 

ryzom/client/src/interface_v3/dbgroup_list_sheet_text_phrase_id.cpp

@@ -41,14 +41,14 @@ CDBGroupListSheetTextPhraseId::CSheetChildPhrase::CSheetChildPhrase()
 // ***************************************************************************
 void CDBGroupListSheetTextPhraseId::CSheetChildPhrase::updateViewText(CDBGroupListSheetText * /* pFather */)
 {
-	ucstring	text;
+	std::string	text;
 	if(Ctrl->getType()!=CCtrlSheetInfo::SheetType_SPhraseId)
 		return;
 
 	// Get the User Name of the phrase
 	Ctrl->getContextHelp(text);
 
-	Text->setText(text.toUtf8());
+	Text->setText(text);
 }
 
 // ***************************************************************************

ryzom/client/src/interface_v3/dbgroup_list_sheet_trade.cpp

@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ void CDBGroupListSheetTrade::CSheetChildTrade::update(CDBGroupListSheetText *pFa
 void CDBGroupListSheetTrade::CSheetChildTrade::updateViewText(CDBGroupListSheetText *pFather)
 {
 	H_AUTO(CDBGroupListSheetTrade_updateViewText);
-	ucstring text;
+	std::string text;
 	Ctrl->getContextHelp(text);
 	// Append first the type of the sheet to select
 	switch ( Ctrl->getSheetCategory() )
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ void CDBGroupListSheetTrade::CSheetChildTrade::updateViewText(CDBGroupListSheetT
 		if (pOBS != NULL)
 		{
 			STRING_MANAGER::CStringManagerClient *pSMC = STRING_MANAGER::CStringManagerClient::instance();
-			text += string("\n") + pSMC->getOutpostBuildingLocalizedDescription(CSheetId(Ctrl->getSheetId()));
+			text += string("\n") + CUtfStringView(pSMC->getOutpostBuildingLocalizedDescription(CSheetId(Ctrl->getSheetId()))).toUtf8();
 			text += "\n" + CI18N::get("uiBotChatPrice") + NLMISC::formatThousands(toString(pOBS->CostDapper));
 			text += CI18N::get("uiBotChatTime") + toString(pOBS->CostTime/60) + CI18N::get("uiBotChatTimeMinute");
 			if ((pOBS->CostTime % 60) != 0)
@@ -285,15 +285,15 @@ void CDBGroupListSheetTrade::CSheetChildTrade::updateViewText(CDBGroupListSheetT
 		bool melee,range;
 		pPM->getCombatWeaponRestriction(weaponRestriction, Ctrl->getSheetId(),melee,range);
 		// don't add also if no combat restriction
-		if(!weaponRestriction.empty() && weaponRestriction!=CI18N::get("uiawrSF"))
+		if(!weaponRestriction.empty() && weaponRestriction!=CI18N::getAsUtf16("uiawrSF"))
 		{
 			weaponRestriction= CI18N::get("uiPhraseWRHeader") + weaponRestriction;
-			text+= "\n" + weaponRestriction;
+			text+= "\n" + weaponRestriction.toUtf8();
 		}
 	}
 
 	// Get the Text color
-	ucstring colorTag("@{FFFF}");
+	std::string colorTag("@{FFFF}");
 	if(Ctrl->getType() == CCtrlSheetInfo::SheetType_Item)
 	{
 		if(!Ctrl->checkItemRequirement())
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ void CDBGroupListSheetTrade::CSheetChildTrade::updateViewText(CDBGroupListSheetT
 			// Add craft info for MP
 			if(pIS->Family==ITEMFAMILY::RAW_MATERIAL)
 			{
-				ucstring	ipList;
+				string	ipList;
 				pIS->getItemPartListAsText(ipList);
 				if(ipList.empty())
 				{
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ void CDBGroupListSheetTrade::CSheetChildTrade::updateViewText(CDBGroupListSheetT
 							else
 								text+= CI18N::get("uiBotChatRetirePrice") + NLMISC::formatThousands(toString(factor * LastPriceRetire));
 							// set resale time left
-							ucstring	fmt= CI18N::get("uiBotChatResaleTimeLeft");
+							std::string	fmt= CI18N::get("uiBotChatResaleTimeLeft");
 							strFindReplace(fmt, "%d", toString(LastResaleTimeLeft/RYZOM_DAY_IN_HOUR));
 							strFindReplace(fmt, "%h", toString(LastResaleTimeLeft%RYZOM_DAY_IN_HOUR));
 							text+= "\n" + fmt;
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ void CDBGroupListSheetTrade::CSheetChildTrade::updateViewText(CDBGroupListSheetT
 						// else display the name of the vendor (not if this is the player himself, to avoid flood)
 						else if (LastSellerType == BOTCHATTYPE::Resale)
 						{
-							text+= "\n" + CI18N::get("uiBotChatVendorTag") + VendorNameString;
+							text+= "\n" + CI18N::get("uiBotChatVendorTag") + VendorNameString.toUtf8();
 						}
 					}
 				}
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ void CDBGroupListSheetTrade::CSheetChildTrade::updateViewText(CDBGroupListSheetT
 
 	// setup color and text
 	text= colorTag + text;
-	Text->setTextFormatTaged(text.toUtf8());
+	Text->setTextFormatTaged(text);
 }
 
 // ***************************************************************************

ryzom/client/src/interface_v3/encyclopedia_manager.cpp

@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ void CEncyclopediaManager::rebuildAlbumList()
 		if (_Albums[i].Name == _AlbumNameSelected)
 			pAlb->Opened = true;
 		if (pSMC->getDynString(_Albums[i].Name, res))
-			pAlb->Text = res;
+			pAlb->Text = res.toUtf8();
 		else
 			nlwarning("try to construct album without name");
 
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ void CEncyclopediaManager::rebuildAlbumList()
 			pThm->AHName = "ency_click_thema";
 			pThm->AHParams = toString(_Albums[i].Themas[j].Name);
 			if (pSMC->getDynString(_Albums[i].Themas[j].Name, res))
-				pThm->Text = res;
+				pThm->Text = res.toUtf8();
 			else
 				nlwarning("try to construct thema without name");
 

ryzom/client/src/interface_v3/group_compas.cpp

@@ -424,11 +424,10 @@ void CGroupCompas::draw()
 	CCtrlBase *toolTip = getCtrl("tt");
 	if (toolTip)
 	{
-		ucstring text;
 		if (displayedTarget.getType() != CCompassTarget::North)
 			toolTip->setDefaultContextHelp(CI18N::get("uittCompassDistance"));
 		else
-			toolTip->setDefaultContextHelp(text);
+			toolTip->setDefaultContextHelp(std::string());
 	}
 
 	if (displayedTarget.Name != _CurrTargetName)
@@ -711,7 +710,7 @@ void CGroupCompasMenu::setActive (bool state)
 			ct.setType(CCompassTarget::North);
 			ct.Name = CI18N::get("uiNorth");
 			Targets.push_back(ct);
-			getRootMenu()->addLineAtIndex(lineIndex ++, ct.Name, "set_compas", toString ("compass=%s|id=%d|menu=%s", _TargetCompass.c_str(), (int) Targets.size() - 1, _Id.c_str()));
+			getRootMenu()->addLineAtIndex(lineIndex ++, ct.Name.toUtf8(), "set_compas", toString ("compass=%s|id=%d|menu=%s", _TargetCompass.c_str(), (int) Targets.size() - 1, _Id.c_str()));
 			// Home
 			CCDBNodeLeaf *pos = NLGUI::CDBManager::getInstance()->getDbProp(COMPASS_DB_PATH ":HOME_POINT");
 			sint32 px = (sint32) (pos->getValue64() >> 32);
@@ -721,7 +720,7 @@ void CGroupCompasMenu::setActive (bool state)
 				ct.setType(CCompassTarget::Home);
 				ct.Name = CI18N::get("uiHome");
 				Targets.push_back(ct);
-				getRootMenu()->addLineAtIndex(lineIndex ++,  ct.Name, "set_compas", toString ("compass=%s|id=%d|menu=%s", _TargetCompass.c_str(), (int) Targets.size() - 1, _Id.c_str()));
+				getRootMenu()->addLineAtIndex(lineIndex ++,  ct.Name.toUtf8(), "set_compas", toString ("compass=%s|id=%d|menu=%s", _TargetCompass.c_str(), (int) Targets.size() - 1, _Id.c_str()));
 			}
 			// Respawn
 			pos = NLGUI::CDBManager::getInstance()->getDbProp(COMPASS_DB_PATH ":BIND_POINT");
@@ -732,7 +731,7 @@ void CGroupCompasMenu::setActive (bool state)
 				ct.setType(CCompassTarget::Respawn);
 				ct.Name = CI18N::get("uiRespawn");
 				Targets.push_back(ct);
-				getRootMenu()->addLineAtIndex(lineIndex ++,  ct.Name, "set_compas", toString ("compass=%s|id=%d|menu=%s", _TargetCompass.c_str(), (int) Targets.size() - 1, _Id.c_str()));
+				getRootMenu()->addLineAtIndex(lineIndex ++,  ct.Name.toUtf8(), "set_compas", toString ("compass=%s|id=%d|menu=%s", _TargetCompass.c_str(), (int) Targets.size() - 1, _Id.c_str()));
 			}
 
 			// As of 6/5/2007 : The option to point the selection is always proposed even if no slot is currently targeted
@@ -742,7 +741,7 @@ void CGroupCompasMenu::setActive (bool state)
 				if (entity != NULL)
 				{*/
 					//ucstring targetName = CI18N::get("uiTargetTwoPoint") + entity->removeTitleAndShardFromName(entity->getEntityName());
-					ucstring targetName = CI18N::get("uiTarget");
+					std::string targetName = CI18N::get("uiTarget");
 					ct.setType(CCompassTarget::Selection);
 					ct.Name = targetName;
 					Targets.push_back(ct);
@@ -790,7 +789,7 @@ void CGroupCompasMenu::setActive (bool state)
 									ct.setPositionState(tracker);
 									ct.Name = name;
 									Targets.push_back(ct);
-									missionSubMenu->addLine(ct.Name, "set_compas", toString("compass=%s|id=%d|menu=%s", _TargetCompass.c_str(), (int) Targets.size() - 1, _Id.c_str()));
+									missionSubMenu->addLine(ct.Name.toUtf8(), "set_compas", toString("compass=%s|id=%d|menu=%s", _TargetCompass.c_str(), (int) Targets.size() - 1, _Id.c_str()));
 									selectable= true;
 								}
 							}
@@ -847,7 +846,7 @@ void CGroupCompasMenu::setActive (bool state)
 					ct.Pos = currCont->ContLandMarks[k].Pos;
 					ct.Name = CStringManagerClient::getPlaceLocalizedName(currCont->ContLandMarks[k].TitleTextID);
 					Targets.push_back(ct);
-					landMarkSubMenu->addLineAtIndex(contLandMarkIndex++, ct.Name, "set_compas", toString("compass=%s|id=%d|menu=%s", _TargetCompass.c_str(), (int) Targets.size() - 1, _Id.c_str()));
+					landMarkSubMenu->addLineAtIndex(contLandMarkIndex++, ct.Name.toUtf8(), "set_compas", toString("compass=%s|id=%d|menu=%s", _TargetCompass.c_str(), (int) Targets.size() - 1, _Id.c_str()));
 					selectable= true;
 				}
 				// separator?
@@ -870,7 +869,7 @@ void CGroupCompasMenu::setActive (bool state)
 						ct.Pos = sortedLandmarks[k].Pos;
 						ct.Name = sortedLandmarks[k].Title;
 						Targets.push_back(ct);
-						landMarkSubMenus[sortedLandmarks[k].Type]->addLine(ct.Name, "set_compas", toString("compass=%s|id=%d|menu=%s", _TargetCompass.c_str(), (int) Targets.size() - 1, _Id.c_str()));
+						landMarkSubMenus[sortedLandmarks[k].Type]->addLine(ct.Name.toUtf8(), "set_compas", toString("compass=%s|id=%d|menu=%s", _TargetCompass.c_str(), (int) Targets.size() - 1, _Id.c_str()));
 						selectable= true;
 					}
 				}
@@ -901,7 +900,7 @@ void CGroupCompasMenu::setActive (bool state)
 				if (buildCompassTargetFromTeamMember(ct, k))
 				{
 					Targets.push_back(ct);
-					teamSubMenu->addLine(ct.Name, "set_compas", toString("compass=%s|id=%d|menu=%s", _TargetCompass.c_str(), (int) Targets.size() - 1, _Id.c_str()));
+					teamSubMenu->addLine(ct.Name.toUtf8(), "set_compas", toString("compass=%s|id=%d|menu=%s", _TargetCompass.c_str(), (int) Targets.size() - 1, _Id.c_str()));
 					selectable= true;
 				}
 			}
@@ -924,7 +923,7 @@ void CGroupCompasMenu::setActive (bool state)
 				if (buildCompassTargetFromAnimalMember(ct, k))
 				{
 					Targets.push_back(ct);
-					animalSubMenu->addLine(ct.Name, "set_compas", toString("compass=%s|id=%d|menu=%s", _TargetCompass.c_str(), (int) Targets.size() - 1, _Id.c_str()));
+					animalSubMenu->addLine(ct.Name.toUtf8(), "set_compas", toString("compass=%s|id=%d|menu=%s", _TargetCompass.c_str(), (int) Targets.size() - 1, _Id.c_str()));
 					selectable= true;
 				}
 			}
@@ -952,7 +951,7 @@ void CGroupCompasMenu::setActive (bool state)
 					CSmartPtr<CDialogEntityPositionState> tracker = new CDialogEntityPositionState( i );
 					ct.setPositionState(tracker);
 					Targets.push_back(ct);
-					dialogsSubMenu->addLine(ct.Name, "set_compas", toString("compass=%s|id=%d|menu=%s", _TargetCompass.c_str(), (int) Targets.size() - 1, _Id.c_str()));
+					dialogsSubMenu->addLine(ct.Name.toUtf8(), "set_compas", toString("compass=%s|id=%d|menu=%s", _TargetCompass.c_str(), (int) Targets.size() - 1, _Id.c_str()));
 					selectable= true;
 				}
 			}

ryzom/client/src/interface_v3/group_in_scene_bubble.cpp

@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ CGroupInSceneBubbleManager::CPopupContext *CGroupInSceneBubbleManager::buildCont
 
 void CGroupInSceneBubbleManager::addContextHelp (const ucstring &message, const string &targetName, uint time)
 {
-	ucstring finalMessage = message;
+	std::string finalMessage = message.toUtf8();
 	CInterfaceElement *target;
 	CPopupContext *context = CGroupInSceneBubbleManager::buildContextHelp ("context_help_", targetName, target, time);
 	if (context)
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ void CGroupInSceneBubbleManager::addContextHelp (const ucstring &message, const
 					}
 				}
 
-				text->setText(finalMessage.toUtf8());
+				text->setText(finalMessage);
 			}
 		}
 		context->Group->setActive(true);

ryzom/client/src/interface_v3/group_in_scene_user_info.cpp

@@ -1122,7 +1122,7 @@ void CGroupInSceneUserInfo::updateDynamicData ()
 			{
 				CInterfaceGroup *group = getGroup ("right");
 				CForageSourceCL *forageSource = static_cast<CForageSourceCL*>(_Entity);
-				ucstring txt( CI18N::get( "uittForageContent" ) + toString( ": %u", forageSource->getCurrentQuantity() ) );
+				string txt( CI18N::get( "uittForageContent" ) + toString( ": %u", forageSource->getCurrentQuantity() ) );
 				CCtrlBase *toolTip = group->getCtrl ("tt1");
 				if ( toolTip )
 					toolTip->setDefaultContextHelp( txt );

ryzom/client/src/interface_v3/group_map.cpp

@@ -1179,7 +1179,7 @@ void CGroupMap::checkCoords()
 				ucstring result;
 				if (STRING_MANAGER::CStringManagerClient::instance()->getDynString(_MissionTargetTextIDs[k], result))
 				{
-					_MissionLM[k]->setDefaultContextHelp(result);
+					_MissionLM[k]->setDefaultContextHelp(result.toUtf8());
 					_MissionTargetTextReceived[k] = true;
 				}
 			}
@@ -1201,7 +1201,7 @@ void CGroupMap::checkCoords()
 					CEntityCL *sel = EntitiesMngr.entity(UserEntity->selection());
 					if (sel)
 					{
-						_TargetLM->setDefaultContextHelp(NLMISC::CI18N::get("uiTargetTwoPoint") + sel->removeTitleAndShardFromName(sel->getEntityName()));
+						_TargetLM->setDefaultContextHelp(NLMISC::CI18N::get("uiTargetTwoPoint") + sel->removeTitleAndShardFromName(sel->getEntityName()).toUtf8());
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -1368,7 +1368,7 @@ void CGroupMap::checkCoords()
 				if (pSMC->getString(val,res))
 				{
 						res = CEntityCL::removeTitleAndShardFromName(res);
-						_TeammateLM[i]->setDefaultContextHelp(res);
+						_TeammateLM[i]->setDefaultContextHelp(res.toUtf8());
 				}
 			}
 			updateLMPosFromDBPos(_TeammateLM[i], px, py);
@@ -2723,7 +2723,7 @@ void CGroupMap::addLandMark(TLandMarkButtonVect &destList, const NLMISC::CVector
 	CLandMarkButton *lmb = createLandMarkButton(options);
 	lmb->setParent(this);
 	lmb->Pos = pos;
-	lmb->setDefaultContextHelp(title);
+	lmb->setDefaultContextHelp(title.toUtf8());
 	destList.push_back(lmb);
 	addCtrl(lmb);
 }
@@ -2805,7 +2805,7 @@ void CGroupMap::updateUserLandMark(CCtrlButton *button, const ucstring &newTitle
 			_CurContinent->UserLandMarks[k].Type =  (uint8)lmType;
 
 			updateLandMarkButton(_UserLM[k], getUserLandMarkOptions(k));
-			button->setDefaultContextHelp(newTitle);
+			button->setDefaultContextHelp(newTitle.toUtf8());
 
 			CInterfaceManager::getInstance()->saveLandmarks();
 			return;
@@ -3067,7 +3067,7 @@ void CGroupMap::targetLandmark(CCtrlButton *lm)
 		if (it != _ContinentLM.end())
 		{
 			ct.setType(CCompassTarget::ContinentLandMark);
-			(*it)->getContextHelp(ct.Name);
+			(*it)->getContextHelpAsUtf16(ct.Name);
 			mapToWorld(ct.Pos, (*it)->Pos);
 			found = true;
 		}
@@ -3080,7 +3080,7 @@ void CGroupMap::targetLandmark(CCtrlButton *lm)
 			if (it != _MissionLM.end())
 			{
 				ct.setPositionState(_MissionPosStates[it - _MissionLM.begin()]);
-				(*it)->getContextHelp(ct.Name);
+				(*it)->getContextHelpAsUtf16(ct.Name);
 				mapToWorld(ct.Pos, (*it)->Pos);
 				found = true;
 			}
@@ -3094,7 +3094,7 @@ void CGroupMap::targetLandmark(CCtrlButton *lm)
 			if (it != _UserLM.end())
 			{
 				ct.setType(CCompassTarget::UserLandMark);
-				(*it)->getContextHelp(ct.Name);
+				(*it)->getContextHelpAsUtf16(ct.Name);
 				mapToWorld(ct.Pos, (*it)->Pos);
 				found = true;
 			}
@@ -3122,7 +3122,7 @@ void CGroupMap::targetLandmark(CCtrlButton *lm)
 				if (!isIsland())
 				{
 					ct.setType(CCompassTarget::Respawn);
-					(*it)->getContextHelp(ct.Name);
+					(*it)->getContextHelpAsUtf16(ct.Name);
 					mapToWorld(ct.Pos, (*it)->Pos);
 					found = true;
 				}
@@ -3168,7 +3168,7 @@ void CGroupMap::targetLandmark(CCtrlButton *lm)
 			{
 				if(_AnimalLM[i]==lm)
 				{
-					_AnimalLM[i]->getContextHelp(ct.Name);
+					_AnimalLM[i]->getContextHelpAsUtf16(ct.Name);
 					// copy The Animal Pos retriever into the compass
 					ct.setPositionState(_AnimalPosStates[i]);
 					found = true;
@@ -3186,7 +3186,7 @@ void CGroupMap::targetLandmark(CCtrlButton *lm)
 			{
 				if(_TeammateLM[i]==lm)
 				{
-					_TeammateLM[i]->getContextHelp(ct.Name);
+					_TeammateLM[i]->getContextHelpAsUtf16(ct.Name);
 					// copy The Animal Pos retriever into the compass
 					ct.setPositionState(_TeammatePosStates[i]);
 					found = true;
@@ -3248,7 +3248,7 @@ CGroupMap::CLandMarkButton* CGroupMap::findClosestLandmark(const CVector2f &cent
 	for(TLandMarkButtonVect::const_iterator it = landmarks.begin(); it != landmarks.end(); ++it)
 	{
 		ucstring lc;
-		(*it)->getContextHelp(lc);
+		(*it)->getContextHelpAsUtf16(lc);
 		if(filterLandmark(lc, keywords, startsWith)) {
 			CVector2f pos;
 			mapToWorld(pos, (*it)->Pos);
@@ -3310,7 +3310,7 @@ bool CGroupMap::targetLandmarkByName(const ucstring &search, bool startsWith) co
 	{
 		ct.setType(CCompassTarget::UserLandMark);
 		mapToWorld(ct.Pos, lm->Pos);
-		lm->getContextHelp(ct.Name);
+		lm->getContextHelpAsUtf16(ct.Name);
 		closest = dist;
 		found = true;
 	}
@@ -3323,7 +3323,7 @@ bool CGroupMap::targetLandmarkByName(const ucstring &search, bool startsWith) co
 		{
 			ct.setType(CCompassTarget::ContinentLandMark);
 			mapToWorld(ct.Pos, lm->Pos);
-			lm->getContextHelp(ct.Name);
+			lm->getContextHelpAsUtf16(ct.Name);
 			closest = dist;
 			found = true;
 		}
@@ -3647,7 +3647,7 @@ void CGroupMap::updateClosestLandMarkMenu(const std::string &menu, const NLMISC:
 		std::string lineId = toString("%s:lmcosest%d", menu.c_str(), i);
 		std::string ahParams = toString("type=user|map=%s|index=%d", _Id.c_str(), index);
 
-		CViewTextMenu* vt = rootMenu->addLine(ucstring(""), "map_landmark_by_index", ahParams, lineId.c_str(), "", "", false, false, false);
+		CViewTextMenu* vt = rootMenu->addLine(std::string(), "map_landmark_by_index", ahParams, lineId.c_str(), "", "", false, false, false);
 		if (!vt) break;
 
 		vt->setSingleLineTextFormatTaged(name.toUtf8());

ryzom/client/src/interface_v3/group_modal_get_key.cpp

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ bool CGroupModalGetKey::handleEvent (const NLGUI::CEventDescriptor &event)
 				// Setup the text !
 				CInterfaceManager *pIM = CInterfaceManager::getInstance();
 				CViewText *pVT= dynamic_cast<CViewText*>(CWidgetManager::getInstance()->getElementFromId( VIEW_TEXT_KEY ));
-				if (pVT != NULL) pVT->setText(Combo.toUCString().toUtf8());
+				if (pVT != NULL) pVT->setText(Combo.toString());
 
 				// Check if in use
 				CActionsManager *pCurAM = NULL;

ryzom/client/src/interface_v3/group_phrase_skill_filter.cpp

@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ void	CGroupPhraseSkillFilter::rebuild()
 			// just text
 			pNode->DisplayText = true;
 			pNode->Template = NULL;
-			pNode->Text= STRING_MANAGER::CStringManagerClient::getSkillLocalizedName((SKILLS::ESkills)i);;
+			pNode->Text = CUtfStringView(STRING_MANAGER::CStringManagerClient::getSkillLocalizedName((SKILLS::ESkills)i)).toUtf8();
 
 			// Action handler?
 			if(!_AHCtrlNode.empty())

ryzom/client/src/interface_v3/group_quick_help.cpp

@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ void CGroupQuickHelp::beginElement(CHtmlElement &elm)
 					CActionsManager::TActionComboMap::const_iterator ite = actionCombo.find (CAction::CName (elm.getAttribute("z_action_shortcut").c_str(), params.c_str()));
 					if (ite != actionCombo.end())
 					{
-						addString (ite->second.toUCString());
+						addString (ite->second.toString());
 					}
 				}
 			}

ryzom/client/src/interface_v3/group_skills.cpp

@@ -245,11 +245,11 @@ static DECLARE_INTERFACE_USER_FCT(getSkillBaseText)
 
 	if(skillValue!=skillBase)
 	{
-		result.setUCString( toString("(%d)", skillBase) );
+		result.setString( toString("(%d)", skillBase) );
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		result.setUCString( ucstring() );
+		result.setString( std::string() );
 	}
 
 	return true;
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ void CGroupSkills::createAllTreeNodes()
 
 	// local variable (avoid realloc in loop)
 	vector< pair<string, string> > tempVec(2);
-	ucstring	sSkillName;
+	string	sSkillName;
 
 	while ((!bQuit) && (nCounter < 32)) // Counter is used to not infinitly loop
 	{
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ void CGroupSkills::createAllTreeNodes()
 			pNode->Id = NLMISC::toString(i);
 
 			// get Skill Name
-			sSkillName = STRING_MANAGER::CStringManagerClient::getSkillLocalizedName((SKILLS::ESkills)i);
+			sSkillName = CUtfStringView(STRING_MANAGER::CStringManagerClient::getSkillLocalizedName((SKILLS::ESkills)i)).toUtf8();
 
 			// just text or template?
 			if(_TemplateSkill.empty())
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ void CGroupSkills::createAllTreeNodes()
 				// Set Skill Name
 				CViewText *pViewSkillName = dynamic_cast<CViewText*>(pIG->getView("name"));
 				if (pViewSkillName != NULL)
-					pViewSkillName->setText (sSkillName.toUtf8());
+					pViewSkillName->setText (sSkillName);
 				// Set Skill Max Value
 				CViewText *pViewSkillMax = dynamic_cast<CViewText*>(pIG->getView("max"));
 				if (pViewSkillMax != NULL)

ryzom/client/src/interface_v3/guild_manager.cpp

@@ -837,13 +837,13 @@ class CAHGuildSheetOpen : public IActionHandler
 				if (pViewGrade != NULL)
 				{
 					if (rGuildMembers[i].Grade == EGSPD::CGuildGrade::Leader)
-						pViewGrade->setText (CI18N::get("uiGuildLeader").toUtf8());
+						pViewGrade->setText (CI18N::get("uiGuildLeader"));
 					else if (rGuildMembers[i].Grade == EGSPD::CGuildGrade::HighOfficer)
-						pViewGrade->setText (CI18N::get("uiGuildHighOfficer").toUtf8());
+						pViewGrade->setText (CI18N::get("uiGuildHighOfficer"));
 					else if (rGuildMembers[i].Grade == EGSPD::CGuildGrade::Officer)
-						pViewGrade->setText (CI18N::get("uiGuildOfficer").toUtf8());
+						pViewGrade->setText (CI18N::get("uiGuildOfficer"));
 					else
-						pViewGrade->setText (CI18N::get("uiGuildMember").toUtf8());
+						pViewGrade->setText (CI18N::get("uiGuildMember"));
 				}
 
 				// online?

ryzom/client/src/interface_v3/interface_expr_user_fct_game.cpp

@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ static DECLARE_INTERFACE_USER_FCT(getCompassText)
 		"uiWNW",
 	};
 
-	result.setUCString( CI18N::get(txts[direction]) );
+	result.setString( CI18N::get(txts[direction]) );
 	return true;
 }
 REGISTER_INTERFACE_USER_FCT("getCompassText", getCompassText);
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ static DECLARE_INTERFACE_USER_FCT(getDifficultyText)
 	}
 
 	SENTENCE_APPRAISAL::ESentenceAppraisal sa = (SENTENCE_APPRAISAL::ESentenceAppraisal)args[0].getInteger();
-	result.setUCString (CI18N::get(SENTENCE_APPRAISAL::toString(sa)));
+	result.setString (CI18N::get(SENTENCE_APPRAISAL::toString(sa)));
 
 	return true;
 }
@@ -665,14 +665,14 @@ static DECLARE_INTERFACE_USER_FCT(getKey)
 	CActionsManager::TActionComboMap::const_iterator it = acmap.find(CAction::CName(name.c_str(),param.c_str()));
 	if (it != acmap.end())
 	{
-		result.setUCString (it->second.toUCString());
+		result.setString (it->second.toString());
 	}
 	else
 	{
 		if (notna)
-			result.setUCString (ucstring(""));
+			result.setString (std::string());
 		else
-			result.setUCString (CI18N::get("uiNotAssigned"));
+			result.setString (CI18N::get("uiNotAssigned"));
 	}
 
 	return true;
@@ -1008,9 +1008,9 @@ static DECLARE_INTERFACE_USER_FCT(getBotChatBuyFilterMPText)
 
 	RM_FABER_TYPE::TRMFType		faberType= (RM_FABER_TYPE::TRMFType)args[0].getInteger();
 	if(faberType>=RM_FABER_TYPE::Unknown)
-		result.setUCString(CI18N::get("uittBCNoItemPartFilter"));
+		result.setString(CI18N::get("uittBCNoItemPartFilter"));
 	else
-		result.setUCString(RM_FABER_TYPE::toLocalString(faberType));
+		result.setString(RM_FABER_TYPE::toLocalString(faberType));
 
 	return true;
 }
@@ -1059,15 +1059,15 @@ static DECLARE_INTERFACE_USER_FCT(getOutpostName)
 	uint32	nSheet = (uint32)args[0].getInteger();
 	if (nSheet == 0)
 	{
-		result.setUCString(string(""));
+		result.setString(string());
 		return true;
 	}
 
 	// get sheet name
 	STRING_MANAGER::CStringManagerClient *pSMC = STRING_MANAGER::CStringManagerClient::instance();
-	const ucstring name(pSMC->getOutpostLocalizedName(CSheetId(nSheet)));
+	const std::string name = CUtfStringView(pSMC->getOutpostLocalizedName(CSheetId(nSheet))).toUtf8();
 
-	result.setUCString(name);
+	result.setString(name);
 
 	return true;
 }
@@ -1086,15 +1086,15 @@ static DECLARE_INTERFACE_USER_FCT(getOutpostDesc)
 	uint32	nSheet = (uint32)args[0].getInteger();
 	if (nSheet == 0)
 	{
-		result.setUCString(string(""));
+		result.setString(string());
 		return true;
 	}
 
 	// get sheet name
 	STRING_MANAGER::CStringManagerClient *pSMC = STRING_MANAGER::CStringManagerClient::instance();
-	const ucstring name(pSMC->getOutpostLocalizedDescription(CSheetId(nSheet)));
+	const string name = CUtfStringView(pSMC->getOutpostLocalizedDescription(CSheetId(nSheet))).toUtf8();
 
-	result.setUCString(name);
+	result.setString(name);
 
 	return true;
 }
@@ -1113,15 +1113,15 @@ static DECLARE_INTERFACE_USER_FCT(getOutpostBuildingName)
 	uint32	nSheet = (uint32)args[0].getInteger();
 	if (nSheet == 0)
 	{
-		result.setUCString(string(""));
+		result.setString(string());
 		return true;
 	}
 
 	// get sheet name
 	STRING_MANAGER::CStringManagerClient *pSMC = STRING_MANAGER::CStringManagerClient::instance();
-	const ucstring name(pSMC->getOutpostBuildingLocalizedName(CSheetId(nSheet)));
+	const string name = CUtfStringView(pSMC->getOutpostBuildingLocalizedName(CSheetId(nSheet))).toUtf8();
 
-	result.setUCString(name);
+	result.setString(name);
 
 	return true;
 }
@@ -1140,12 +1140,12 @@ static DECLARE_INTERFACE_USER_FCT(getOutpostBuildingDesc)
 	uint32	nSheet = (uint32)args[0].getInteger();
 	if (nSheet == 0)
 	{
-		result.setUCString(string(""));
+		result.setString(string());
 		return true;
 	}
 
 	// get sheet name
-	ucstring name;
+	string name;
 	CEntitySheet *pSheet= SheetMngr.get(CSheetId(nSheet));
 	COutpostBuildingSheet *pOBS = dynamic_cast<COutpostBuildingSheet*>(pSheet);
 	if (pOBS && pOBS->OBType == COutpostBuildingSheet::OB_Empty)
@@ -1156,11 +1156,11 @@ static DECLARE_INTERFACE_USER_FCT(getOutpostBuildingDesc)
 	else
 	{
 		STRING_MANAGER::CStringManagerClient *pSMC = STRING_MANAGER::CStringManagerClient::instance();
-		name = pSMC->getOutpostBuildingLocalizedDescription(CSheetId(nSheet));
+		name = CUtfStringView(pSMC->getOutpostBuildingLocalizedDescription(CSheetId(nSheet))).toUtf8();
 	}
 
 
-	result.setUCString(name);
+	result.setString(name);
 
 	return true;
 }
@@ -1179,15 +1179,15 @@ static DECLARE_INTERFACE_USER_FCT(getSquadName)
 	uint32	nSheet = (uint32)args[0].getInteger();
 	if (nSheet == 0)
 	{
-		result.setUCString(string(""));
+		result.setString(string());
 		return true;
 	}
 
 	// get sheet name
 	STRING_MANAGER::CStringManagerClient *pSMC = STRING_MANAGER::CStringManagerClient::instance();
-	const ucstring name(pSMC->getSquadLocalizedName(CSheetId(nSheet)));
+	const string name = CUtfStringView(pSMC->getSquadLocalizedName(CSheetId(nSheet))).toUtf8();
 
-	result.setUCString(name);
+	result.setString(name);
 
 	return true;
 }
@@ -1206,15 +1206,15 @@ static DECLARE_INTERFACE_USER_FCT(getSquadDesc)
 	uint32	nSheet = (uint32)args[0].getInteger();
 	if (nSheet == 0)
 	{
-		result.setUCString(string(""));
+		result.setString(string());
 		return true;
 	}
 
 	// get sheet name
 	STRING_MANAGER::CStringManagerClient *pSMC = STRING_MANAGER::CStringManagerClient::instance();
-	const ucstring name(pSMC->getSquadLocalizedDescription(CSheetId(nSheet)));
+	const string name = CUtfStringView(pSMC->getSquadLocalizedDescription(CSheetId(nSheet))).toUtf8();
 
-	result.setUCString(name);
+	result.setString(name);
 
 	return true;
 }
@@ -1267,7 +1267,7 @@ static DECLARE_INTERFACE_USER_FCT(getOutpostPeriod)
 	// if status wanted is peace or unknow, then "N/A", because there is no attack period in peace mode
 	if( status==OUTPOSTENUMS::Peace || status==OUTPOSTENUMS::UnknownOutpostState )
 	{
-		result.setUCString(string(" - "));
+		result.setString(string(" - "));
 		return true;
 	}
 
@@ -1275,7 +1275,7 @@ static DECLARE_INTERFACE_USER_FCT(getOutpostPeriod)
 	if( (isAttackPeriod && status>OUTPOSTENUMS::AttackRound) ||
 		(!isAttackPeriod && status>OUTPOSTENUMS::DefenseRound) )
 	{
-		result.setUCString(CI18N::get("uiOutpostPeriodEnded"));
+		result.setString(CI18N::get("uiOutpostPeriodEnded"));
 		return true;
 	}
 
@@ -1295,7 +1295,7 @@ static DECLARE_INTERFACE_USER_FCT(getOutpostPeriod)
 	tstruct= gmtime(&tval);
 	if(!tstruct)
 	{
-		result.setUCString(string("Bad Date Received"));
+		result.setString(string("Bad Date Received"));
 		return true;
 	}
 	dname= tstruct->tm_wday;	// 0-6 (Sunday==0!!)
@@ -1308,21 +1308,21 @@ static DECLARE_INTERFACE_USER_FCT(getOutpostPeriod)
 	tstruct= gmtime(&tval);
 	if(!tstruct)
 	{
-		result.setUCString(string("Bad Date Received"));
+		result.setString(string("Bad Date Received"));
 		return true;
 	}
 	hend= tstruct->tm_hour;	// 0-23
 	mend= tstruct->tm_min;	// 0-59
 
 	// translate
-	ucstring	res= CI18N::get("uiOutpostPeriodFormat");
+	string	res= CI18N::get("uiOutpostPeriodFormat");
 	strFindReplace( res, "%dayname", CI18N::get(toString("uiDay%d", dname)) );
 	strFindReplace( res, "%daynumber", toString(dnumber) );
 	strFindReplace( res, "%month", CI18N::get(toString("uiMonth%02d", month+1)) );
 	strFindReplace( res, "%timestart", toString("%02d:%02d", hstart, mstart) );
 	strFindReplace( res, "%timeend", toString("%02d:%02d", hend, mend) );
 
-	result.setUCString(res);
+	result.setString(res);
 	return true;
 }
 REGISTER_INTERFACE_USER_FCT("getOutpostPeriod", getOutpostPeriod)