From a89bdd4110a2bf521d6188a99c8508e838675ad3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MysteryBirb <mysterybirb@noreply.codeberg.org>
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2026 21:10:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Trying around with strings instead of char for future unicode
 support

---
 cli-flag-collection.cpp | 21 +++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cli-flag-collection.cpp b/cli-flag-collection.cpp
index 130c7c0..5216ff7 100644
--- a/cli-flag-collection.cpp
+++ b/cli-flag-collection.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include <clocale>
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <string>
@@ -11,29 +12,31 @@
 
 int flagWidth;
 int flagHeight;
-char flagChar = ' ';
+std::string flagChar(" ");
 
 void drawFlag(const unsigned char flagArray[][3], unsigned char flagStripes) {
 	short i, y, j;
-	
+
 	for (i = 0; i < flagStripes; i++) {
 		if (flagHeight / flagStripes <= 0) {
 			std::cerr << "Integer too small!" << std::endl;
 			break;
 		}
 		for (y = 0; y < flagHeight / flagStripes; y++) {
-			if (flagChar != ' ') {
+			if (flagChar != " ") {
+				flagChar.shrink_to_fit();
 				std::print("\x1b[38;2;{0};{1};{2}m", flagArray[i][0], flagArray[i][1], flagArray[i][2]);
 			}
 			else {
 				std::print("\x1b[48;2;{0};{1};{2}m", flagArray[i][0], flagArray[i][1], flagArray[i][2]);
 			}
 			for (j = 0; j < flagWidth; j++) {
-				std::print("{0}", flagChar);
+				std::print("{0}", flagChar.at(0)); // Imma leave this how it is before i deal with bs letters like 'ä'
 			}
 		}
 		std::println("\x1b[0m");
 	}
+	//std::println("Divided length: {0}\nflagWidth: {1}", (flagWidth / flagChar.size()), flagWidth);
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
@@ -41,9 +44,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 	 * TODO:
 	 * - Bi flag handle
 	 * - add more flags for inclusivity
-	 * - Handle Unicode argv
+	 * - Handle Unicode argv (This fucking bitch is driving me insane I can't take it anymore)
+	 * - ^ Handle strings(?)
 	*/
 
+	//std::setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "de_DE.utf8");
+	//std::locale::global(std::locale("de_DE.utf8"));
+
 	static struct option long_options[] {
 		{"help", no_argument, nullptr, HELP},
 		{"list", no_argument, nullptr, LIST},
@@ -72,8 +79,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 	short allFlagsSize = sizeof(allFlags) / sizeof(allFlags[0]);
 	int opt;
 
-	// getopt(argc, argv, "lfh")
-	
 	while ((opt = getopt_long(argc, argv, "h:c:f:", long_options, nullptr)) != -1) {
 		switch (opt) {
 			case '0':
@@ -94,7 +99,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 					return 1;
 				}
 				else {
-					flagChar = *argv[optind - 1];
+					flagChar.insert(0, argv[optind - 1]); // I will keep this at index 0 so it can't even break it for now
 				}
 				break;
 			case 'f':