Cast CEGUI::STRING to std::String Unicode

[Durin]

Hi there,
I have to cast a CEGUI::String to a C++ std::string. The problem is the CEGUI::String is Unicode and for Example ä, ö or ü (for german text) are not showen right in the std::string. My Code is:

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   std::ostringstream buffer;
   buffer << editbox->getText();
   std::string check = buffer.str();

I want to get text from an editbox and save it in std::string check.
Can you give an answer how to make it right?

[Durin]

I have just seen, that cegui doesn't know german codepage.
Can i get cegui::string with german codepage?

[Durin]

I found a solution myself "cast is your friend".
Thx for help

[Pompei2]

would be nice if you post some useful code of your solution for the other ppl that will search the same thing

[Durin]

My Code is:

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std::string check;
   wchar_t* line = (wchar_t*)editbox->getText().ptr();

   while(*line){
      if(*line != 10) check += *line;
      line += 2;
   }

After this the CEGUI::String from the editbox is written in std::string check.
This works fine with Windows XP, but with LINUX it creates a curious string whitch is completely different from editbox->getText().
Has someone a solution for this???

[Pompei2]

This is probably because wchar_t is two bytes on windows (which is non-standard) and four bytes on linux (which is standard), AFAIK. I have no direct solution to this, but maybe those two threads can help you:
http://www.cegui.org.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2627
http://www.cegui.org.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2610

Also remind that the default codepage on linux is not the same as on windows.