--- David Chart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Font dialog is inconsistent between Linux and > Windows. On Linux, there > is a box labeled 'Encoding'. On Windows, there is a > similar one labeled > 'script'. Do they do the same thing? If so, can they > be given the same name > on both platforms?
I'm afraid they're not the same. On Linux, "encoding" has to do with X's 8-bit fonts - you get to choose which 8-bit encoding to use, unless you're using TrueType fonts I guess. On Windows they solved the 8-bit font problem back in Windows 3.1 but as a convenience you can choose by script or writing system such as Roman, Arabic, Cyrillic etc. On Linux the user has to know about encodings, on Windows s/he doesn't. So they're not the same but they're pretty close at least in how choosing a font works. > Forked documentation is likely to suffer from > maintenance problems since I > only have access to Linux. > > David Chart > ===== http://linguaphile.sourceforge.net http://www.abisource.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com
