On 12/14/06, Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> BTW, on most Linux lists, rather than top posting (answering a post
> above the email you are answering, it's considered better form to answer
> inline, as if it were a conversation--that is, answer point A below
> point A, point B below point B, etc.
On Thu, 2006-12-14 at 06:30 -0500, Scott wrote:
> I would disagree. I have found that with some fonts, even though they
> (theoretically) have Japanese support, they will show up as squares in
> openoffice.
This is because Openoffice uses an older version of freetype2, which
doesn't respond to
On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 03:22:59AM -0800, Richard Gananathan wrote:
> Don't you hate the embarassment when someone mails while you are
> typing and then your mail assumes the last mail didn't exist.
>
> Robbins' method works. I tested the mincho font, because I like mincho fonts.
>
> In Arch it i
On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 03:08:03AM -0800, Richard Gananathan wrote:
> My problem is that OOO doesn't seem to recognise all the fonts I have.
> Only a few fonts are shown.
>
> I just did a test, in Terminal I can type Japanese (though extreemly
> ugly) using the bistream vera serif that is in OOO.
Don't you hate the embarassment when someone mails while you are
typing and then your mail assumes the last mail didn't exist.
Robbins' method works. I tested the mincho font, because I like mincho fonts.
In Arch it is in /opt as always.
Thanks
On 12/14/06, Richard Gananathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 11:12:26AM +0200, Hussam Al-Tayeb wrote:
> On 12/14/06, Richard Gananathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I cannot seem to be able to type Japanese in OpenOffice. Unlike many
> > people who seem to have a similar problem, I can click on the anthy
> > button in scim and type
My problem is that OOO doesn't seem to recognise all the fonts I have.
Only a few fonts are shown.
I just did a test, in Terminal I can type Japanese (though extreemly
ugly) using the bistream vera serif that is in OOO.
So basically, OOO doesn't like Japanese and they come up as squares
even thou
On 12/14/06, Richard Gananathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I cannot seem to be able to type Japanese in OpenOffice. Unlike many
> people who seem to have a similar problem, I can click on the anthy
> button in scim and type japanese. It seems like it would come up but
> instead of Japanese only b
I cannot seem to be able to type Japanese in OpenOffice. Unlike many
people who seem to have a similar problem, I can click on the anthy
button in scim and type japanese. It seems like it would come up but
instead of Japanese only boxes come out.
I can input Japanese in almost every other applicat
