On Dec 2, 2009, at 5:24 AM, <johndu...@cgcf.net> <johndu...@cgcf.net> wrote:
> > I've played around with this for a fair while, and it seems to me that it is > an encoding problem. I see that the NetBible has the same issue also in the > About text in BibleCS but not in Xiphos. > > I've used some conversion programs to UTF-8, in case the encoding was not > correct, but it made no difference. In the end, I copied and modified > (using Notepad++) another ANSI (as listed in Notepad++) conf file, typing > the text in again in that file, and it worked. > > However, if I make the file format ANSI (as listed in Notepad++) like the > other conf files, the diacritics display properly in BibleCS. However, they > do not display properly in Xiphos. If the file is in UFT-8 (no BOM), it > displays well in Xiphos but not in BibleCS. This affects not only the > module description, but all the 'About' text as well. > > Also, the latest download (nightly today) of BibleDesktop will not see the > module (i.e. list it as a Bible module to view) if the conf file is in UTF-8 > format. Using an ANSI file allows BibleDesktop to see and display the > module properly. I don't know why it is not showing up. It should. It should properly handle UTF-8 encoded confs. > > It seems that the conf file text must be limited to the basic ASCII > character set, and saved in ANSI format. Is this correct? Or, I could be > making a silly mistake on the encoding (files attached for comparison). If the file is UTF-8, the conf should be also. Otherwise it should be cp1252. As a work around for the problem with About (or any other field that allows RTF), try using RTF escape codes for those characters. > > Help much appreciated. > > > John Duffy > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: johndu...@cgcf.net [mailto:johndu...@cgcf.net] >> Sent: 01 December 2009 10:48 >> To: johndu...@cgcf.net; 'SWORD Developers' Collaboration Forum' >> Subject: Font problem in conf file >> >> >> I'm re-posting this as it was under an incorrect title previously. >> >> Any suggestions? >> >> John Duffy >> >> >>> I've put text into a conf file, but it does not display >>> diacritics properly >>> in the ABOUT info. When viewed in Sword which shows "An >>> Bà obla Naofa" or >>> "Pádraig Ó Fiannachta", although it is OK in Xiphos which >> shows "An >>> Bí obla Naofa" and "Pádraig Ó Fiannachta". Should I leave >>> the conf file >>> as-is since it is OK in Xiphos? >>> >>> >>> John Duffy >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org >>> http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel >>> Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page >> > <ABN Conf files.zip>_______________________________________________ > sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
