Re: gtk, fonts, locales
On Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 11:10:00AM -0400, Sean Middleditch wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 09:14:52AM +0100, Jules Bean wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 24, 2001 at 07:42:48PM -0400, Sean Middleditch wrote:
> OK I'm not understanding then what iso10646 does? Why it is needed
> over iso8859-1? It supports a larger character set?
Yes. It's the unicode encoding: it subsumes all the other common
encodings. It means that in one sentence I can list the names of
Czech, Russian and Norwegian correspondents (for example) without
switching encoding.
http://www.unicode.org for far more that you could ever want to know.
> > However, old applications expecting 8-bit encodings will break when
> > they're unexpectedly given a 16-bit encoding. For this reason, the X
> > server and the X font server have been hacked to return iso8859 before
> > iso10646 when no font-set is requested specifically.
>
> Yes, well, there are bugs in GTKHtml I am told that does the exact
> opposite.
This is possible; I don't know. I don't happen to regularly use any
gtkhtml-based programs. On the other hand, I believe the
gnome-help-browser is gtkhtml based, and that seems to work.
> > As to the font size problem: perhaps you have the 100dpi fonts
> > installed and you'd prefer the 75dpi fonts? They're "bigger".
>
> Hmm, I was under the understanding that I could only use one or the
> other, and that my setup would require the 100dpi?
Why would your setup require 100dpi? It's a matter of choice
basically. The 75dpi fonts are bigger, so if you prefer them, use
them.
> Thanks for clarifications. ^,^ I think I should stop working on that
> kind of stuff that ltae at night.
You're welcome. You may genuinely have uncovered a different bug
here; but for most people, the 'dotted squares' go away when the X
server is properly upgraded...
Jules
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