It is quite simple, XCIN uses Big5 bitmap font and it fails because
it doesn't exits.

But you still can view big5 encoded file because Truetype font is
used instead for Gnome application.

-federic

> Hi,
>
> I have install Xfree86 4.3 and the basic fonts and can
> read web pages/files with big 5 encoding.
>
> However, when I tried to install and invoke XCIN(a
> chinese input method), it said it cannot find the
> necssary encoding for big 5 fonts.
>
> So I do a 'xlsfonts' and surprisingly, there is no
> big5 encoding but gb2310 encoding.
>
> What I want to know is, if there is no big5 encoding,
> how can I view big5 encoded file ?
>
> please CC as I haven't subscribed to this list.
>
> thanks.
>
> gary
>
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