Lang Zhi wrote:
> Hi.
> How to get xmms or other KDE application to display chinese character
> big5 or GB properly.
>
> I followed the intruction at linux mandrake i18n page where i edited my
> /etc/sysconfig/i18n, and set the LC_ALL=zh_CN.GB2312
> etc..
>
> but it doestn't work
> all i get is funny character.
>
> Any help guyz ???
There're several factors determining if other languages are supported
by a particular programme:
1) the application must have been programmed to read LC_* variables
2) translations must have been done for a particular language
3) the programme has to change font according to encoding (and the programme
has to be able to handle multibyte encoding)
4) the font file(s) must be available in X
According to your description, I believe that 1) and 2) are satisfied.
The problem might be 3) or 4), and I don't think this is the fault of
Mandrake. In fact, I never managed to make KDE display in Asian multibyte
languages. Quite disappointed!
Fong
