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@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@
 #include "support/gettext.h"
 
 #include <QChar>
-#include <QPixmap>
-#include <QListWidgetItem>
 #include <QString>
 
 #include <cstdio>
@@ -44,6 +42,7 @@ namespace {
 /// name of unicode block, start and end code point
 struct UnicodeBlocks {
        char const * name;
+       QString qname;
        char_type start;
        char_type end;
 };
@@ -51,100 +50,100 @@ struct UnicodeBlocks {
 
 /// all unicode blocks with start and end code point
 UnicodeBlocks unicode_blocks[] = {
-       { N_("Basic Latin"), 0x0000, 0x007f },
-       { N_("Latin-1 Supplement"), 0x0080, 0x00ff },
-       { N_("Latin Extended-A"), 0x0100, 0x017f },
-       { N_("Latin Extended-B"), 0x0180, 0x024f },
-       { N_("IPA Extensions"), 0x0250, 0x02af },
-       { N_("Spacing Modifier Letters"), 0x02b0, 0x02ff },
-       { N_("Combining Diacritical Marks"), 0x0300, 0x036f },
-       { N_("Greek"), 0x0370, 0x03ff },
-       { N_("Cyrillic"), 0x0400, 0x04ff },
-       { N_("Armenian"), 0x0530, 0x058f },
-       { N_("Hebrew"), 0x0590, 0x05ff },
-       { N_("Arabic"), 0x0600, 0x06ff },
-       { N_("Devanagari"), 0x0900, 0x097f },
-       { N_("Bengali"), 0x0980, 0x09ff },
-       { N_("Gurmukhi"), 0x0a00, 0x0a7f },
-       { N_("Gujarati"), 0x0a80, 0x0aff },
-       { N_("Oriya"), 0x0b00, 0x0b7f },
-       { N_("Tamil"), 0x0b80, 0x0bff },
-       { N_("Telugu"), 0x0c00, 0x0c7f },
-       { N_("Kannada"), 0x0c80, 0x0cff },
-       { N_("Malayalam"), 0x0d00, 0x0d7f },
-       { N_("Thai"), 0x0e00, 0x0e7f },
-       { N_("Lao"), 0x0e80, 0x0eff },
-       { N_("Tibetan"), 0x0f00, 0x0fbf },
-       { N_("Georgian"), 0x10a0, 0x10ff },
-       { N_("Hangul Jamo"), 0x1100, 0x11ff },
-       { N_("Phonetic Extensions"), 0x1d00, 0x1d7f },
-       { N_("Latin Extended Additional"), 0x1e00, 0x1eff },
-       { N_("Greek Extended"), 0x1f00, 0x1fff },
-       { N_("General Punctuation"), 0x2000, 0x206f },
-       { N_("Superscripts and Subscripts"), 0x2070, 0x209f },
-       { N_("Currency Symbols"), 0x20a0, 0x20cf },
-       { N_("Combining Diacritical Marks for Symbols"), 0x20d0, 0x20ff },
-       { N_("Letterlike Symbols"), 0x2100, 0x214f },
-       { N_("Number Forms"), 0x2150, 0x218f },
-       { N_("Arrows"), 0x2190, 0x21ff },
-       { N_("Mathematical Operators"), 0x2200, 0x22ff },
-       { N_("Miscellaneous Technical"), 0x2300, 0x23ff },
-       { N_("Control Pictures"), 0x2400, 0x243f },
-       { N_("Optical Character Recognition"), 0x2440, 0x245f },
-       { N_("Enclosed Alphanumerics"), 0x2460, 0x24ff },
-       { N_("Box Drawing"), 0x2500, 0x257f },
-       { N_("Block Elements"), 0x2580, 0x259f },
-       { N_("Geometric Shapes"), 0x25a0, 0x25ff },
-       { N_("Miscellaneous Symbols"), 0x2600, 0x26ff },
-       { N_("Dingbats"), 0x2700, 0x27bf },
-       { N_("Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-A"), 0x27c0, 0x27ef },
-       { N_("CJK Symbols and Punctuation"), 0x3000, 0x303f },
-       { N_("Hiragana"), 0x3040, 0x309f },
-       { N_("Katakana"), 0x30a0, 0x30ff },
-       { N_("Bopomofo"), 0x3100, 0x312f },
-       { N_("Hangul Compatibility Jamo"), 0x3130, 0x318f },
-       { N_("Kanbun"), 0x3190, 0x319f },
-       { N_("Enclosed CJK Letters and Months"), 0x3200, 0x32ff },
-       { N_("CJK Compatibility"), 0x3300, 0x33ff },
-       { N_("CJK Unified Ideographs"), 0x4e00, 0x9fa5 },
-       { N_("Hangul Syllables"), 0xac00, 0xd7a3 },
-       { N_("High Surrogates"), 0xd800, 0xdb7f },
-       { N_("Private Use High Surrogates"), 0xdb80, 0xdbff },
-       { N_("Low Surrogates"), 0xdc00, 0xdfff },
-       { N_("Private Use Area"), 0xe000, 0xf8ff },
-       { N_("CJK Compatibility Ideographs"), 0xf900, 0xfaff },
-       { N_("Alphabetic Presentation Forms"), 0xfb00, 0xfb4f },
-       { N_("Arabic Presentation Forms-A"), 0xfb50, 0xfdff },
-       { N_("Combining Half Marks"), 0xfe20, 0xfe2f },
-       { N_("CJK Compatibility Forms"), 0xfe30, 0xfe4f },
-       { N_("Small Form Variants"), 0xfe50, 0xfe6f },
-       { N_("Arabic Presentation Forms-B"), 0xfe70, 0xfeff },
-       { N_("Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms"), 0xff00, 0xffef },
-       { N_("Specials"), 0xfff0, 0xffff },
-       { N_("Linear B Syllabary"), 0x10000, 0x1007f },
-       { N_("Linear B Ideograms"), 0x10080, 0x100ff },
-       { N_("Aegean Numbers"), 0x10100, 0x1013f },
-       { N_("Ancient Greek Numbers"), 0x10140, 0x1018f },
-       { N_("Old Italic"), 0x10300, 0x1032f },
-       { N_("Gothic"), 0x10330, 0x1034f },
-       { N_("Ugaritic"), 0x10380, 0x1039f },
-       { N_("Old Persian"), 0x103a0, 0x103df },
-       { N_("Deseret"), 0x10400, 0x1044f },
-       { N_("Shavian"), 0x10450, 0x1047f },
-       { N_("Osmanya"), 0x10480, 0x104af },
-       { N_("Cypriot Syllabary"), 0x10800, 0x1083f },
-       { N_("Kharoshthi"), 0x10a00, 0x10a5f },
-       { N_("Byzantine Musical Symbols"), 0x1d000, 0x1d0ff },
-       { N_("Musical Symbols"), 0x1d100, 0x1d1ff },
-       { N_("Ancient Greek Musical Notation"), 0x1d200, 0x1d24f },
-       { N_("Tai Xuan Jing Symbols"), 0x1d300, 0x1d35f },
-       { N_("Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols"), 0x1d400, 0x1d7ff },
-       { N_("CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B"), 0x20000, 0x2a6d6 },
-       { N_("CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement"), 0x2f800, 0x2fa1f },
-       { N_("Tags"), 0xe0000, 0xe007f },
-       { N_("Variation Selectors Supplement"), 0xe0100, 0xe01ef },
-       { N_("Supplementary Private Use Area-A"), 0xf0000, 0xffffd },
-       { N_("Supplementary Private Use Area-B"), 0x100000, 0x10fffd }
+       { N_("Basic Latin"), QString(), 0x0000, 0x007f },
+       { N_("Latin-1 Supplement"), QString(), 0x0080, 0x00ff },
+       { N_("Latin Extended-A"), QString(), 0x0100, 0x017f },
+       { N_("Latin Extended-B"), QString(), 0x0180, 0x024f },
+       { N_("IPA Extensions"), QString(), 0x0250, 0x02af },
+       { N_("Spacing Modifier Letters"), QString(), 0x02b0, 0x02ff },
+       { N_("Combining Diacritical Marks"), QString(), 0x0300, 0x036f },
+       { N_("Greek"), QString(), 0x0370, 0x03ff },
+       { N_("Cyrillic"), QString(), 0x0400, 0x04ff },
+       { N_("Armenian"), QString(), 0x0530, 0x058f },
+       { N_("Hebrew"), QString(), 0x0590, 0x05ff },
+       { N_("Arabic"), QString(), 0x0600, 0x06ff },
+       { N_("Devanagari"), QString(), 0x0900, 0x097f },
+       { N_("Bengali"), QString(), 0x0980, 0x09ff },
+       { N_("Gurmukhi"), QString(), 0x0a00, 0x0a7f },
+       { N_("Gujarati"), QString(), 0x0a80, 0x0aff },
+       { N_("Oriya"), QString(), 0x0b00, 0x0b7f },
+       { N_("Tamil"), QString(), 0x0b80, 0x0bff },
+       { N_("Telugu"), QString(), 0x0c00, 0x0c7f },
+       { N_("Kannada"), QString(), 0x0c80, 0x0cff },
+       { N_("Malayalam"), QString(), 0x0d00, 0x0d7f },
+       { N_("Thai"), QString(), 0x0e00, 0x0e7f },
+       { N_("Lao"), QString(), 0x0e80, 0x0eff },
+       { N_("Tibetan"), QString(), 0x0f00, 0x0fbf },
+       { N_("Georgian"), QString(), 0x10a0, 0x10ff },
+       { N_("Hangul Jamo"), QString(), 0x1100, 0x11ff },
+       { N_("Phonetic Extensions"), QString(), 0x1d00, 0x1d7f },
+       { N_("Latin Extended Additional"), QString(), 0x1e00, 0x1eff },
+       { N_("Greek Extended"), QString(), 0x1f00, 0x1fff },
+       { N_("General Punctuation"), QString(), 0x2000, 0x206f },
+       { N_("Superscripts and Subscripts"), QString(), 0x2070, 0x209f },
+       { N_("Currency Symbols"), QString(), 0x20a0, 0x20cf },
+       { N_("Combining Diacritical Marks for Symbols"), QString(), 0x20d0, 0x20ff },
+       { N_("Letterlike Symbols"), QString(), 0x2100, 0x214f },
+       { N_("Number Forms"), QString(), 0x2150, 0x218f },
+       { N_("Arrows"), QString(), 0x2190, 0x21ff },
+       { N_("Mathematical Operators"), QString(), 0x2200, 0x22ff },
+       { N_("Miscellaneous Technical"), QString(), 0x2300, 0x23ff },
+       { N_("Control Pictures"), QString(), 0x2400, 0x243f },
+       { N_("Optical Character Recognition"), QString(), 0x2440, 0x245f },
+       { N_("Enclosed Alphanumerics"), QString(), 0x2460, 0x24ff },
+       { N_("Box Drawing"), QString(), 0x2500, 0x257f },
+       { N_("Block Elements"), QString(), 0x2580, 0x259f },
+       { N_("Geometric Shapes"), QString(), 0x25a0, 0x25ff },
+       { N_("Miscellaneous Symbols"), QString(), 0x2600, 0x26ff },
+       { N_("Dingbats"), QString(), 0x2700, 0x27bf },
+       { N_("Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-A"), QString(), 0x27c0, 0x27ef },
+       { N_("CJK Symbols and Punctuation"), QString(), 0x3000, 0x303f },
+       { N_("Hiragana"), QString(), 0x3040, 0x309f },
+       { N_("Katakana"), QString(), 0x30a0, 0x30ff },
+       { N_("Bopomofo"), QString(), 0x3100, 0x312f },
+       { N_("Hangul Compatibility Jamo"), QString(), 0x3130, 0x318f },
+       { N_("Kanbun"), QString(), 0x3190, 0x319f },
+       { N_("Enclosed CJK Letters and Months"), QString(), 0x3200, 0x32ff },
+       { N_("CJK Compatibility"), QString(), 0x3300, 0x33ff },
+       { N_("CJK Unified Ideographs"), QString(), 0x4e00, 0x9fa5 },
+       { N_("Hangul Syllables"), QString(), 0xac00, 0xd7a3 },
+       { N_("High Surrogates"), QString(), 0xd800, 0xdb7f },
+       { N_("Private Use High Surrogates"), QString(), 0xdb80, 0xdbff },
+       { N_("Low Surrogates"), QString(), 0xdc00, 0xdfff },
+       { N_("Private Use Area"), QString(), 0xe000, 0xf8ff },
+       { N_("CJK Compatibility Ideographs"), QString(), 0xf900, 0xfaff },
+       { N_("Alphabetic Presentation Forms"), QString(), 0xfb00, 0xfb4f },
+       { N_("Arabic Presentation Forms-A"), QString(), 0xfb50, 0xfdff },
+       { N_("Combining Half Marks"), QString(), 0xfe20, 0xfe2f },
+       { N_("CJK Compatibility Forms"), QString(), 0xfe30, 0xfe4f },
+       { N_("Small Form Variants"), QString(), 0xfe50, 0xfe6f },
+       { N_("Arabic Presentation Forms-B"), QString(), 0xfe70, 0xfeff },
+       { N_("Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms"), QString(), 0xff00, 0xffef },
+       { N_("Specials"), QString(), 0xfff0, 0xffff },
+       { N_("Linear B Syllabary"), QString(), 0x10000, 0x1007f },
+       { N_("Linear B Ideograms"), QString(), 0x10080, 0x100ff },
+       { N_("Aegean Numbers"), QString(), 0x10100, 0x1013f },
+       { N_("Ancient Greek Numbers"), QString(), 0x10140, 0x1018f },
+       { N_("Old Italic"), QString(), 0x10300, 0x1032f },
+       { N_("Gothic"), QString(), 0x10330, 0x1034f },
+       { N_("Ugaritic"), QString(), 0x10380, 0x1039f },
+       { N_("Old Persian"), QString(), 0x103a0, 0x103df },
+       { N_("Deseret"), QString(), 0x10400, 0x1044f },
+       { N_("Shavian"), QString(), 0x10450, 0x1047f },
+       { N_("Osmanya"), QString(), 0x10480, 0x104af },
+       { N_("Cypriot Syllabary"), QString(), 0x10800, 0x1083f },
+       { N_("Kharoshthi"), QString(), 0x10a00, 0x10a5f },
+       { N_("Byzantine Musical Symbols"), QString(), 0x1d000, 0x1d0ff },
+       { N_("Musical Symbols"), QString(), 0x1d100, 0x1d1ff },
+       { N_("Ancient Greek Musical Notation"), QString(), 0x1d200, 0x1d24f },
+       { N_("Tai Xuan Jing Symbols"), QString(), 0x1d300, 0x1d35f },
+       { N_("Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols"), QString(), 0x1d400, 0x1d7ff },
+       { N_("CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B"), QString(), 0x20000, 0x2a6d6 },
+       { N_("CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement"), QString(), 0x2f800, 0x2fa1f },
+       { N_("Tags"), QString(), 0xe0000, 0xe007f },
+       { N_("Variation Selectors Supplement"), QString(), 0xe0100, 0xe01ef },
+       { N_("Supplementary Private Use Area-A"), QString(), 0xf0000, 0xffffd },
+       { N_("Supplementary Private Use Area-B"), QString(), 0x100000, 0x10fffd }
 };
 
 const int no_blocks = sizeof(unicode_blocks) / sizeof(UnicodeBlocks);
@@ -153,39 +152,47 @@ const int no_blocks = sizeof(unicode_blocks) / sizeof(UnicodeBlocks);
 QString getBlock(char_type c)
 {
        // store an educated guess for the next search
+       // 0 <= lastBlock < no_blocks
+       // FIXME THREAD
        static int lastBlock = 0;
 
        // "clever reset"
        if (c < 0x7f)
                lastBlock = 0;
 
-       // off the end already
-       if (lastBlock == no_blocks)
-               return QString();
-
        // c falls into a covered area, and we can guess which
        if (c >= unicode_blocks[lastBlock].start
            && c <= unicode_blocks[lastBlock].end)
-               return qt_(unicode_blocks[lastBlock].name);
+               return unicode_blocks[lastBlock].qname;
 
-       // c falls into an uncovered area, but we can guess which       
+       // c falls into an uncovered area, but we can guess which
        if (c > unicode_blocks[lastBlock].end
            && c < unicode_blocks[lastBlock + 1].start)
                return QString();
 
        // guessing was wrong so far. do a real search.
        int i = 0;
-       while (c > unicode_blocks[i].end && i < no_blocks)
+       while (i < no_blocks && c > unicode_blocks[i].end)
                ++i;
+
        if (i == no_blocks)
                return QString();
+
+       if (c < unicode_blocks[i].start) {
+               // 0 < i < no_blocks
+               // cache the previous block for guessing next time
+               lastBlock = i - 1;
+               return QString();
+       }
+
+       // 0 <= i < no_blocks
+       // cache the last block for guessing next time
        lastBlock = i;
-       //LYXERR0("fail: " << int(c) << ' ' << lastBlock);
-       return qt_(unicode_blocks[lastBlock].name);
+       return unicode_blocks[lastBlock].qname;
 }
 
 
-} // namespace anon
+} // namespace
 
 
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -194,11 +201,11 @@ QString getBlock(char_type c)
 //
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-class GuiSymbols::Model : public QAbstractItemModel
+class GuiSymbols::Model : public QAbstractListModel
 {
 public:
        Model(GuiSymbols * parent)
-               : QAbstractItemModel(parent), parent_(parent)
+               : QAbstractListModel(parent), encoding_(0)
        {}
 
        QModelIndex index(int row, int column, QModelIndex const &) const
@@ -216,47 +223,56 @@ public:
                return symbols_.count();
        }
 
-       int columnCount(QModelIndex const &) const
-       {
-               return 1;
-       }
-
        QVariant data(QModelIndex const & index, int role) const
        {
-               static QString const strCharacter = qt_("Character: ");
-               static QString const strCodePoint = qt_("Code Point: ");
-
-               static char codeName[10];
+               if (!index.isValid())
+                       return QVariant();
 
-               char_type c = symbols_.at(index.row()); 
+               char_type c = symbols_.at(index.row());
 
-               if (role == Qt::TextAlignmentRole)
+               switch (role) {
+               case Qt::TextAlignmentRole:
                        return QVariant(Qt::AlignCenter);
-
-               if (role == Qt::DisplayRole)
+               case Qt::DisplayRole:
                        return toqstr(c);
-
-               if (role == Qt::ToolTipRole) {
-                       sprintf(codeName, "0x%04x", c);
-                       return strCharacter + toqstr(c) + '\n'
-                               + strCodePoint + QLatin1String(codeName);
+               case Qt::ToolTipRole: {
+                       QString latex;
+                       if (encoding_) {
+                               // how is the character output in the current encoding?
+                               docstring const code = encoding_->latexChar(c).first;
+                               // only show it when it is not coded by itself
+                               if (code != docstring(1, c))
+                                       latex = qt_("<p>LaTeX code: %1</p>").arg(toqstr(code));
+                       }
+                       return formatToolTip(QString("<p align=center><span "
+                                                    "style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">%1"
+                                                    "</span><br>U+%2</p>%3")
+                                            .arg(toqstr(c))
+                                            .arg(QString("%1").arg(c, 0, 16).toUpper())
+                                            .arg(latex));
+               }
+               case Qt::SizeHintRole:
+                       // Fix many symbols not displaying in combination with
+                       // setUniformItemSizes
+                       return QSize(1000,1000);
+               default:
+                       return QVariant();
                }
-
-               //LYXERR0("role: " << role << " row: " << index.row());
-               return QVariant();
        }
 
-       void setSymbols(QList<char_type> const & symbols)
+       void setSymbols(QList<char_type> const & symbols, Encoding const * encoding)
        {
+               beginResetModel();
                symbols_ = symbols;
-               QAbstractItemModel::reset();
+               encoding_ = encoding;
+               endResetModel();
        }
 
 private:
        friend class GuiSymbols;
-       GuiSymbols * parent_;
-       
+
        QList<char_type> symbols_;
+       Encoding const * encoding_;
 };
 
 
@@ -272,16 +288,28 @@ GuiSymbols::GuiSymbols(GuiView & lv)
 {
        setupUi(this);
 
+       //Translate names
+       for (int i = 0 ; i < no_blocks; ++i)
+               unicode_blocks[i].qname = qt_(unicode_blocks[i].name);
+
        setFocusProxy(symbolsLW);
 
        symbolsLW->setViewMode(QListView::IconMode);
+       symbolsLW->setLayoutMode(QListView::Batched);
+       symbolsLW->setBatchSize(1000);
+       symbolsLW->setUniformItemSizes(true);
+
        // increase the display size of the symbols a bit
-       QFont font= symbolsLW->font();
-       int size = font.pointSize() + 3;
+       QFont font = symbolsLW->font();
+       const int size = font.pointSize() + 3;
        font.setPointSize(size);
        symbolsLW->setFont(font);
        QFontMetrics fm(font);
-       symbolsLW->setGridSize(QSize(fm.maxWidth() + 2, fm.height() + 2));
+       const int cellHeight = fm.height() + 6;
+       // FIXME: using at least cellHeight because of
+       // QFontMetrics::maxWidth() is returning 0 with Qt/Cocoa on Mac OS
+       const int cellWidth = max(cellHeight - 2, fm.maxWidth() + 4);
+       symbolsLW->setGridSize(QSize(cellWidth, cellHeight));
        symbolsLW->setModel(model_);
 }
 
@@ -381,7 +409,7 @@ void GuiSymbols::on_categoryFilterCB_toggled(bool on)
 {
        updateSymbolList(on);
        if (on)
-               scrollToItem(categoryCO->currentText());        
+               scrollToItem(categoryCO->currentText());
 }
 
 
@@ -397,8 +425,7 @@ void GuiSymbols::scrollToItem(QString const & category)
 
 void GuiSymbols::updateSymbolList(bool update_combo)
 {
-       QString category = categoryCO->currentText();
-       bool const nocategory = category.isEmpty();
+       QString const category = categoryCO->currentText();
        char_type range_start = 0x0000;
        char_type range_end = 0x110000;
        QList<char_type> s;
@@ -408,23 +435,23 @@ void GuiSymbols::updateSymbolList(bool update_combo)
        }
        bool const show_all = categoryFilterCB->isChecked();
 
+       Encoding const * const enc = encodings.fromLyXName(encoding_);
+
        if (symbols_.empty() || update_combo)
-               symbols_ = encodings.fromLyXName(encoding_)->symbolsList();
+               symbols_ = enc->symbolsList();
 
        if (!show_all) {
                for (int i = 0 ; i < no_blocks; ++i)
-                       if (qt_(unicode_blocks[i].name) == category) {
+                       if (unicode_blocks[i].qname == category) {
                                range_start = unicode_blocks[i].start;
                                range_end = unicode_blocks[i].end;
                                break;
                        }
        }
 
-       SymbolsList::const_iterator const end = symbols_.end();
        int numItem = 0;
-       for (SymbolsList::const_iterator it = symbols_.begin(); it != end; ++it) {
-               char_type c = *it;
-               if (!update_combo && !show_all && (c <= range_start || c >= range_end))
+       for (char_type c : symbols_) {
+               if (!update_combo && !show_all && (c < range_start || c > range_end))
                        continue;
                QChar::Category const cat = QChar::category(uint(c));
                // we do not want control or space characters
@@ -435,13 +462,11 @@ void GuiSymbols::updateSymbolList(bool update_combo)
                        s.append(c);
                if (update_combo) {
                        QString block = getBlock(c);
-                       if (category.isEmpty())
-                               category = block;
                        if (used_blocks.find(block) == used_blocks.end())
                                used_blocks[block] = numItem;
                }
        }
-       model_->setSymbols(s);
+       model_->setSymbols(s, enc);
 
        if (update_combo) {
                // update category combo
@@ -454,10 +479,12 @@ void GuiSymbols::updateSymbolList(bool update_combo)
        int old = categoryCO->findText(category);
        if (old != -1)
                categoryCO->setCurrentIndex(old);
-       // update again in case the combo has not yet been filled
-       // on first cycle (at dialog initialization)
-       if (nocategory && !category.isEmpty())
-               updateSymbolList();
+       else if (update_combo) {
+               // restart with a non-empty block
+               // this happens when the encoding changes when moving the cursor
+               categoryCO->setCurrentIndex(0);
+               updateSymbolList(false);
+       }
 }