Re: locale-zh
On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 01:29:23AM +1100, Roger So wrote:
> * the xfonts-arphic-* packages. As you probably know, XFree86 4 is now
> in woody, and it has TrueType support built in. You might want to
> have a look and see if that can be used instead of xfs-xtt.
> I haven't looked too much into this yet, as the X-TT module in X4
> lacks the BIG5HKSCS module :(
I dont know about big5 and hkscs, but I know XF4.0.1 with xtt module
can work under gb2312. So I think xfonts-arphic-* should depend on
xf4.0.1 and xfs-xtt modules, dont need xfs-xtt. I remember somebody
said that xf4.0.1 is slower than xf3.3.6+xfs-xtt.
> * Encoding naming conventions. Currently different spellings of "Big5",
> "big5", "BIG5", "big-5" etc etc are all over the place. We need to
> agree on a standard capitalization of this (probably big5), and
> see which package(s) are affected.
>
yeah, this is a big problem. I have tried locale alias, but many apps
still cant work. I have to make a link (ln -s zh_CN zh_CN.GB2312) by
hand.
> * See what prevents a user from using Chinese right away after a fresh
> install of/upgrade to woody.
>
> * hmm .. that's all I can think of right now...
>
> As you can see, there're still a few rough edges ... (what a gross
> understatement :p) Let's make this a goal for woody: that a user can
> work in a totally Chinese environment straight away! :D
We can do it, I believe Debian will be the best.
BTW: Congratulations!! Roger So :)
Yu Guanghui
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