RE: Multibytes character support

[Yen-Ju Chen]

Hi,

  I solve the problem of XIM.
  If using Xutf8LookupString/XmbLookupString/XwcLookupString,
  it will return the encoding+string, not only string.
  Since I use XFree86 4.1.0,
  it always use Xutf8LookupString to get the encoding+string,
  and the encoding and the string is seperate by "\002".
  I attach the whoe XIMInputServer.m file,
  but actually the modification is only in
  - (NSString *) lookupStringForEvent: (XKeyEvent *)event
                             window: (gswindow_device_t *)windev
                             keysym: (KeySym *)keysymptr

  Hope it won't affect the original function.
  Combined with XmbFontInfo which I send previously,
  GNUstep can input and display traditional Chinese now.

  Yen-Ju

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christian Gillot [mailto:cgillot@neo-rousseaux.org]
> Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 10:53 AM
> To: Yen-Ju Chen; discuss-gnustep@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: Multibytes character support
>
>
> Hi,
>
> i18n is a big issue with X framework. Right now, you've got to manage
> tree types of I/O iso-latin ones (standard ones), multibyte (what you're
> looking for) and unicode (that'll hopefully resolve the problem when
> it'll be used thoroughly).
>    So if you make any adaptation you got to keep in mind to find
> a way that let use anyone of this three types of I/O.
>
> Yen-Ju Chen wrote:
>
> >>  I have two questions when I test this class.
> >>  When I use zh_TW.Big5 supported XIM server to input Chinese into
> >>NSTextField,
> >>  it always adds "big5-0" in front of my input automatically.
> >>  For example, when I input a Chinese character "Apple",
> >>  it will show "big5-0 Apple".
> >>  I have no idea whether the problem is on GNUstep XIM client or the XIM
> >>Server I used.
> >>  This XIM server can work on any other system like gnome/gtk, kde/qt.
> >>  Therefore I think maybe the problem is on GNUstep XIM client.
>
> You're right. I coded a first draft of XIM client, adapted by Adam
> Fedor as you can see in xgps/Source/SharedX/XIMInputServer.m.
> But as a european user I can't test asian input which is a lot
> more complex than european (accents/compose) input. So it'd
> be great if you could patch this for asian input. Or if you can't
> do it find a good asian programmer. If you've got problems
> or don't understand something on the XIM documentation I can
> help you. But be warned, it's a lot of work. (In fact no so
> much but you'd have to patch not only this file but also
> all the classes that manage fonts).
>
>
> >>  Since programmers can't assign the font to NSMenu, which
> always use the
> >>default font,
> >>  is there any standard way that users can assign the default font by
> >>themselves ?
> >>  As far as I know, there is no standard font people will use in Chinese
> >>xwindow,
> >>  therefore it will be difficult to assign the default Chinese fonts by
> >>programmer
> >>  because they don't knwo what fonts the user have.
> >>  If user can set the default Chinese fonts by themselves,
> >>  it will be much easy to change the font of NSMenu to a suitable one.
>
> Check this out but I think you can change fonts by NSUserDefaults
> and cie.
>
> Best regards,
>
> --
> Christian Gillot <cgillot@neo-rousseaux.org>
> GNU/Linux developer
>

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