On Thu, Jan 24, 2002 at 11:29:51AM +0300, Alexander Kotelnikov wrote:
> >>>>> On Thu, 24 Jan 2002 09:03:38 +0100
> >>>>> "Olivier" == Olivier Chapuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Olivier>
> Olivier> On Thu, Jan 24, 2002 at 08:48:50AM +0300, Alexander Kotelnikov wrote:
> >> Hello
> >>
> >> After all changes I made there are still two troubles:
> Olivier>
> Olivier> Does this means that you can display in the good way strings
> Olivier> encoded in UTF8 ??
>
> Sure. Actually, it does not matter for X if a string is UTF-8 or
> KOI8-R or ISO8859-1 or even JIS.2022, _if_ _we_ _use_ _XmbDrawString_.
>
I am not able to configure my machine to do so. Do you have some
tips? I can for KOI8-R or JIS.2022 but not for utf8.
> >> One technical thing to do is to substitute XCreateFontSet with
> >> GetFontSetOrFixed in modules.
> >>
> Olivier>
> Olivier> Yes, I think that GetFontSetOrFixed/GetFontOrFixed should be
> Olivier> used evreywhere. In a perfect wolrd we should have a libs
> Olivier> files FText.{c,h} with F* functions with the following
> Olivier> correspondance:
> Olivier>
> Olivier> GetFontSetOrFixed or GetFontOrFixed <-> FGetFontOrFixed
> Olivier> XmbTextEscapement or XTextWidth <-> FTextWidth
> Olivier> XmbDrawString or XDrawString <-> FDrawString
> Olivier> ... etc ...
>
> One thing I cannot undestand why you still keep !I18N_MB.
Hum, Dominik answer such a question recently. I try to find
the message I fail. Dominik?
> Hope you
> know that it is usable only for 7bit and western-european people.
>
I do not think so. You can use KOI8-R encoding with !I18N_MB but you
should effectively specify KOI8-R fonts.
> Olivier> Basically, almost no I18N_MB ifdef should appear in fvwm codes (but
> Olivier> in the FText.{c,h} files). Also the arguments of the F* functions
> Olivier> should be carfully chosen to allows "text extension" as using Xft
> Olivier> text rendering.
> Olivier>
> Olivier> This is in my TODO list, but not in the first position at all. So, if
> Olivier> you want to do it your are welcome.
>
> I'll think. Frankly speaking I am not in any king an experienced xlib
> programmer, fvwm is my experience.
>
I learn the xlib like this. I've still some gap, but I progress :o)
Olivier
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