[w3m-dev-en 00047] Re: w3m-i18n/m17n

From: Hironori Sakamoto (hsaka@mth.biglobe.ne.jp)
Date: Wed Jan 26 2000 - 22:49:39 CST


Thank you for many tests!

>> Sender: naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de
>> I tried to compile it on Red Hat Linux 6.0/alpha, and it failed to
>> link with "undefined reference to `addeffect'". terms.c:addeffect()
>> is only compiled in if ANSI_COLOR is defined, which it apparently
>> isn't by default.

I already recieved a report from anoter one, and fixed it.
Now, I am in preparation for next patch.

>> BUG! In the options panel, I set
>> Display code Latin 2 (ISO-8859-2)
>> Preferred document code Latin 1 (ISO-8859-1)
>> and click [OK]. If I then return to the options panel, the preferred
>> document code has switched to "Arabic (ISO-8859-6)". In fact, this

Sorry. It is a simple mistake. See rc.c.
Please fix and use.__________
-----------> V
  { ISO_8859_1, "ISO_8859_6", "Latin 1 (ISO-8859-1)" },
  { ISO_8859_2, "ISO_8859_6", "Latin 2 (ISO-8859-2)" },
  { ISO_8859_3, "ISO_8859_6", "Latin 3 (ISO-8859-3)" },
  { ISO_8859_4, "ISO_8859_6", "Latin 4 (ISO-8859-4)" },
  { ISO_8859_9, "ISO_8859_6", "Latin 5 (ISO-8859-9)" },
  { ISO_8859_10, "ISO_8859_6", "Latin 6 (ISO-8859-10)" },
<-----------

>> > NOTE:
>> > * UTF-8 is not used as display coding system.
>> This should be added.

Because w3m is a text browser, it requires the information
how long columns(1 or 2, ...) a character uses before display.
But, Unicode is not defined characters width.
It is a characteristic of Unicode.

For exapmle.
Most Europen and American think charcaters which code range are
0xa0-0xff on Unicode/ISO-8859-1 use 1 columns.
BUT!, on the character sets of Japan/Korea/China these use 2 columns.

Therefore, I think UTF-8 as display coding system is not useful for w3m.

I think when I will get a terminal emulator which fully support Unicode
and fully Unicode fonts, I will may start the support of displaying
with UTF-8.
-----------------------------------
Hironori Sakamoto <hsaka@mth.biglobe.ne.jp>
 http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~hsaka/



This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Wed Jul 19 2000 - 10:30:43 CDT