new file "unicode.hh" and "unicode.cc" for Unicode and UTF-8 issues

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+#ifndef __UNICODE_HH__
+#define __UNICODE_HH__
+
+namespace lout {
+
+/**
+ * \brief Stuff dealing with Unicode characters: UTF-8, character classes etc.
+ *
+ */
+namespace unicode {
+
+bool isAlpha (int ch);
+
+int decodeUtf8 (char *s);
+
+} // namespace lout
+
+} // namespace unicode
+
+#endif // __UNICODE_HH__