From 7f35c53ae5cd31d256b7df706867d5df38885589 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Rose <david@ddrose.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:23:03 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] transparently interpret Unicode strings

---
 direct/src/gui/DirectEntry.py  | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 direct/src/gui/OnscreenText.py | 21 ++++++++++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/direct/src/gui/DirectEntry.py b/direct/src/gui/DirectEntry.py
index 25239aa62b..b7a1b8d5b7 100644
--- a/direct/src/gui/DirectEntry.py
+++ b/direct/src/gui/DirectEntry.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from DirectFrame import *
+import types
 
 # DirectEntry States:
 ENTRY_FOCUS_STATE    = PGEntry.SFocus      # 0
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@ class DirectEntry(DirectFrame):
             self.guiItem.setTextDef(i, self.onscreenText.textNode)
 
         # Update initial text
+        self.unicodeText = 0
         if self['initialText']:
             self.set(self['initialText'])
 
@@ -147,10 +149,29 @@ class DirectEntry(DirectFrame):
             apply(self['focusOutCommand'], self['focusOutExtraArgs'])
             
     def set(self, text):
-        self.guiItem.setText(text)
+        self.unicodeText = isinstance(text, types.UnicodeType)
+        if self.unicodeText:
+            self.guiItem.setWtext(text)
+        else:
+            self.guiItem.setText(text)
 
     def get(self):
-        return self.guiItem.getText()
+        if self.unicodeText:
+            return self.guiItem.getWtext()
+        else:
+            # Although we weren't expecting a wide character, the user
+            # might give us one.  If this happens, we have to return a
+            # wide string.
+            wtext = self.guiItem.getWtext()
+            text = self.guiItem.getText()
+            try:
+                matches = (wtext == unicode(text))
+            except:
+                return wtext
+            if matches:
+                return text
+            else:
+                return wtext
 
     def setCursorPosition(self, pos):
         if (pos < 0):
diff --git a/direct/src/gui/OnscreenText.py b/direct/src/gui/OnscreenText.py
index 6f8dcb1e41..c8e2a0c5a9 100644
--- a/direct/src/gui/OnscreenText.py
+++ b/direct/src/gui/OnscreenText.py
@@ -191,8 +191,7 @@ class OnscreenText(DirectObject, NodePath):
             textNode.setBin('fixed')
             textNode.setDrawOrder(drawOrder)
 
-        textNode.setText(text)
-
+        self.setText(text)
         if not text:
             # If we don't have any text, assume we'll be changing it later.
             self.mayChange = 1
@@ -243,13 +242,25 @@ class OnscreenText(DirectObject, NodePath):
         self.textNode.clearText()
 
     def setText(self, text):
-        self.textNode.setText(text)
+        self.unicodeText = isinstance(text, types.UnicodeType)
+        if self.unicodeText:
+            self.textNode.setWtext(text)
+        else:
+            self.textNode.setText(text)
 
     def appendText(self, text):
-        self.textNode.appendText(text)
+        if isinstance(text, types.UnicodeType):
+            self.unicodeText = 1
+        if self.unicodeText:
+            self.textNode.appendWtext(text)
+        else:
+            self.textNode.appendText(text)
 
     def getText(self):
-        return self.textNode.getText()
+        if self.unicodeText:
+            return self.textNode.getWtext()
+        else:
+            return self.textNode.getText()
 
     def setX(self, x):
         self.setPos(x, self.pos[1])