--- David Chart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --On Wednesday, January 02, 2002 8:22 AM +0000 > Andrew Dunbar > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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. > > The only entry here is 'Placeholder', at least it > was last time I looked > and still seems to be. > > Will this do anything on Linux?
That's a very good question. Font issues on Unix/ Linux/X-Windows is a dark mystery. I hope one of the Unix/Linux/X guys can provide some insight. In the meantime maybe this should even be in Bugzilla? Andrew Dunbar. > > 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. > > > > OK, I can doc the Windows bit, then. Thanks. > > 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
