On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 4:23 AM, Andrew Errington <a.erring...@lancaster.ac.uk> wrote: > On Tue, November 3, 2009 12:38, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: >> hi, >> >> apart from the supported languages, there is no way at present to see >> what is entered when using, for example, Indian scripts to enter names of >> features in JOSM. All we can see is little boxes. I have tried out other >> java applications, and by selecting the correct font, I am able to see the >> output. If JOSM had a feature whereby one can select the font for input, >> it would be a great help. > <snip> > > It sounds like there is something not quite right on your machine, or > perhaps the way Java is set up. I run JOSM on Linux and I have Korean > fonts and a Korean text input method. I can view Korean strings, and > enter and edit them with no problem whatsoever. I can enter English and > Korean on the same line, even. > > I suggest you look at what fonts you have installed. Clearly you have one > that includes Indian characters. Perhaps JOSM's font selector is using a > font that does not have Indian characters.
Yes, this is clearly a problem with Kenneth Gonsalves's computer and not with any of the software mentioned. I can use Potlatch, JOSM and the OSM website just fine with languages like Japanase, Korean and Telugu. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
