> > Owing to the fact that I do not know how to configure window manager such > > as gnome in the > > shell mode, > > i.e. use startx to start X-window > > > > You might help us to advertise this: Debian system install all > the documents under /usr/share/doc/ for each package it installed. > There are several directory for gnome-*. You might want to see > the gnome-core directory. > > I have not used gnome on my desktop, so... :(
Thank for your information, I have found the ways from the debian policy, in which the default window manager must link in the /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager and the Gnome program is gnome-session. Further with the help of cpanel, I found that it can help us to config the x-window mangaer by written three files in your $HOME. These three files are .xsession, .xsession-errors and .gtkrc.zh_TW.big5. .xession is used to configure your own window manager. It can also used to set the locale. Now with the file .gtkrc.zh_TW.big5 in my $HOME, I can start the X-window+Gnome with chinese character shown. However the commond the start X-window must be modified as below: startx -- -deferglyphs 16 but not "startx -deferglyphs 16" Further with the comparison with CLE 0.9p1, I discovered that the gdm can also display chinese characters in the login mode by setting the DefaultLocale=chinese-traditional in file /etc/gdm/gdm.conf note: chinese-traditional must match the word which modified in /etc/locale-alias > > > > > > I can startup a English Style Netscape communicator by press the the earth > > like icon in > > the menu bar which can browse big-5, gb, english web page correctly. > > > > I can also startup a Big-5 Chinese Style Netscape communicator by choose > > [Debian menus] > > -> [Apps] -> [Net] -> [Netscape] -> [Netscape(zh_TW.Big5)] which can browse > > big-5, gb, > > english web page correctly. > > > > If you take a look at /usr/lib/menu/netscape-zh-resource-475, you will > see that the environment for zh_TW.Big5 is set explicitly in that directory. > And /usr/bin/X11/crxvt also explicitly set you environment to zh_TW.Big5. > As a result, you can see a zh_TW.Big5 both in crxvt and netscape even > if your overall environment is not set to zh_TW.Big5. beside, gdm won't > read your .bash_profile and .bashrc. It should read your .login file though. > You might need to check how gdm set your environment. For xdm, it > read ~/.xsession. You can just set LC_CTYPE and LC_MESSAGES > > > I guess my gnome has already been configured use chinese but can not find > > the chinese > > resources although there are many gnome related *.mo files are stored in > > /usr/share/locale/zh_TW.Big5/LC_MESSAGES . > > > If the environment is set properly, gnome will find them. One possible > reason is that as you know, the LC_COLLATE is not in the default zh_TW.Big5 > locale. If LC_COLLATE is not there, LC_ALL and LANG will not work > properly. gnome might just set your LC_ALL or LANG to zh_TW.Big5 when > you set it up at language chooser. You might want to copy the LC_COLLATE > from GBK's directory /usr/share/locale/zh_CN.GBK/ and see if that > works. Sorry for not mention in previous, my config is still used libc6 2.1.3-10 in which LC_COLLATE does not missed, after solve the problem, I will upgrade it to libc6 2.1.3-13 with backup the LC_COLLATE file. > > > > One of the reason support my guess is that, > > Debian's Netscape Communicator package has its own chinese locale since > > version 4.75, and > > the X-window has configured as Chinese-big5, hence the communicator can use > > the > > corresponding chinese resources to display the chinese character menu bar. > > > > If your environment is all properly set to big5, the one at the taskbar > should also start netscape with big5 menu. Yes, I got it. At last, I find that the key point for my original question is that the file rc.gtk.zh_TW.Big5 in /etc/gtk. Although I have linked it as ln -sf /etc/gtk/rc.gtk.zh_TW.Big5 /etc/gtk/rc.gtk.zh_TW.big5, the Gnome cannot find it. Do you have any suggestion? Thank your very much for your help!! Alex Wan from Hong Kong
