#ifndef LYX_TYPES_H
#define LYX_TYPES_H
+#include <boost/cstdint.hpp>
+
#include <cstddef>
namespace lyx {
- // The type used to hold characters in paragraphs
- //typedef uint32_t char_type; // Possibly the ucs-4 type we will use
- //typedef wchar_t char_type; // The wide char type CJK-LyX uses
- typedef char char_type; // Current narrow char type in use
-
+ /// The type used to hold characters in paragraphs
+#ifdef USE_WCHAR_T
+ // Prefer this if possible because GNU libstdc++ has usable
+ // std::ctype<wchar_t> locale facets but not
+ // std::ctype<boost::uint32_t>. gcc older than 3.4 is also missing
+ // usable std::char_traits<boost::uint32_t>.
+ typedef wchar_t char_type;
+#else
+ typedef boost::uint32_t char_type;
+#endif
/// a type for positions used in paragraphs
// needs to be signed for a while to hold the special value -1 that is