Nicholas,
The way to enter unicode text into a field is to choose a non-Latin
input method using your OS's native tools. In other words, place your
cursor in the field, then switch to the language you want to type in
just as you would in any application. Revolution will automatically
set the textfont for you. Once you're done, the field's unicodetext
property will contain, well, the unicode text for that field.
The tricky part of using unicode in Revolution is not the entering,
but the subsequent manipulation of the unicode text--grabbing chunks,
moving it from field to field, saving, etc.
See my web site at http://revolution.byu.edu/unicode/
unicodeInRev.html for some notes on how to work with unicode. You can
see some working examples in my stack unicodeTrials.rev. Just enter
in the message box: go stack url "http://revolution.byu.edu/unicode/
unicodeTrials.rev"
HTH.
Devin
On Apr 19, 2006, at 7:32 PM, Nicholas Thieberger wrote:
I am trying to enter Unicode in a field. I have set the 'use
unicode' to true in a startup script as follows:
set the useunicode to true
set the textFont of field "Text" to "Gentium,UTF8"
This has the effect of making all the characters in the field
appear in a Chinese script. This is not my desired outcome!
Any suggestions welcome!
Devin Asay
Humanities Technology and Research Support Center
Brigham Young University
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