From 70d73ea798e6cc8f30461874cbb9763d1fc37f82 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: daniel-c-harvey <the.real.daniel.harvey@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2026 23:19:50 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(vst): replace non-ASCII em-dash/ellipsis in editor string
 literals with ASCII equivalents to fix mojibake on ANSI DrawTextA path

---
 src/vst/reasampler_editor.cpp | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/vst/reasampler_editor.cpp b/src/vst/reasampler_editor.cpp
index 7ae8fa9..24a4912 100644
--- a/src/vst/reasampler_editor.cpp
+++ b/src/vst/reasampler_editor.cpp
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ const LICE_pixel kColZoneBarSel = LICE_RGBA(120, 200, 160, 255);
 const COLORREF kRgbText = RGB(210, 230, 220);
 const COLORREF kRgbDim = RGB(140, 150, 146);
 
+// ANSI path -- string literals must stay ASCII until the Phase L type kit lands.
 void drawText(LICE_IBitmap* bmp, const Rect& r, const char* s, COLORREF col,
               UINT fmt = DT_LEFT | DT_VCENTER | DT_SINGLELINE | DT_NOPREFIX) {
     HDC dc = bmp->getDC();
@@ -513,7 +514,7 @@ void ReaSamplerEditor::paintEmptyState(LICE_IBitmap* bmp, const Rect& area) {
     // Shown when no card is drawn (nothing to pick): distinguish a genuinely empty bank from
     // a bank filter that hides everything. Either way it is the "pick a capture" empty state.
     const char* msg = samples_.empty()
-        ? "No captures in this project yet — capture audio into the bank to play it here."
+        ? "No captures in this project yet - capture audio into the bank to play it here."
         : "No captures in this bank filter. Choose another bank tab above.";
     drawTextCentered(bmp, area, msg, kRgbDim);
 }
@@ -572,7 +573,7 @@ void ReaSamplerEditor::paintBrowser(LICE_IBitmap* bmp, int w, int h) {
         std::string badge;
         if (s.rootNote) badge = "root " + noteLabel(*s.rootNote);
         else if (s.key) badge = *s.key;
-        else badge = "root —";
+        else badge = "root -";
         drawText(bmp, badgeR, badge.c_str(), kRgbDim);
     }
 
@@ -659,7 +660,7 @@ void ReaSamplerEditor::paintSetup(LICE_IBitmap* bmp, const Rect& area) {
                           alpha, 0);
         }
     } else {
-        drawTextCentered(bmp, waveArea, "(decoding…)", kRgbDim);
+        drawTextCentered(bmp, waveArea, "(decoding...)", kRgbDim);
     }
 
     // Keyboard strip with the root marker.
@@ -726,7 +727,7 @@ void ReaSamplerEditor::paintZones(LICE_IBitmap* bmp, int w, int h) {
     if (selectedZone_ >= 0 && selectedZone_ < static_cast<int>(map_.zones.size())) {
         const PerformanceZone& z = map_.zones[static_cast<std::size_t>(selectedZone_)];
         std::string info = sampleLabel(samples_, z.sampleId) + "   " + noteLabel(z.lowNote) +
-                           " – " + noteLabel(z.highNote) + "   root " +
+                           " - " + noteLabel(z.highNote) + "   root " +
                            (z.rootOverride ? noteLabel(*z.rootOverride) + "*" : std::string("(bank)"));
         drawText(bmp, infoR, info.c_str(), kRgbText);
     } else if (map_.zones.empty()) {