Re: Debian java japanese input method and display problem
Hi David,
I have a same problem because I'm Japanese:) I resolved this problem by
following steps. Would you try it?
(1)install ttf-sazamani-mincho and ttf-sazanami-gothic (maybe you can
use kochi-subst but I used sazanami).
(2)run xfontsel and ensure they are configured for X11.
(3)copy fontconfig.Redhat.8.0.properties.src to fontconfig.properties
in /usr/lib/j2sdk1.5-sun/jre/lib.
(4)replace "-misc-kochi" to "-sazanami-". Then fontconfig.properties
is describe as follows:
...
serif.plain.japanese-x0201=-sazanami-mincho-medium-r-normal--*-%d-*-*-c-*-jisx0\201.1976-0
serif.plain.japanese-x0208=-sazanami-mincho-medium-r-normal--*-%d-*-*-c-*-jisx0\208.1983-0
...
After above configuration, you can see Japanese characters with Java2D
application.
You can learn font configuration more detail by following URL:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/intl/fontconfig.html
regards,
Takashi Okamoto
From: David Marceau <davidmarceau@sympatico.ca>
Subject: Re: Debian java japanese input method and display problem
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 01:49:34 -0500
> Ok,
>
> I discovered this note.
> http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/relnotes.html#linux
> mentions the following:
> "
> Because several Red Hat Linux versions do not have a TrueType font for JIS X
> 0201 by default, the font configuration files for these versions do not include
> any definition for JIS X 0201. The workaround is to install a TrueType JIS X
> 0201 font into the J2RE's lib/fonts/fallback directory
> "
>
> What's bizarre is that Debian unstable version
> /usr/lib/j2sdk1.5-sun/jre/lib/font.properties
> had the correct entries for a font called:
> kochi-mincho-subst.ttf
> But the font wasn't in the jre/lib/fonts directory.
>
> My quick solution:
> 1)"cp /var/lib/defoma/gs.d/dirs/fonts/kochi-mincho-subst.ttf
> /usr/lib/j2sdk1.5-sun/jre/lib/fonts"
> 2)I changed the in the demos/jfc/Font2DTest/src/Font2DTest.java,
> I changed the font from "Dialog" to something that works for input method and
> encoding in question:
> userTextArea.setFont( new Font( "AR PL KaitiM GB", Font.PLAIN, 40 ));
>
> 3)in the Font2DTest, I changed the default selected font to something that works
> for the encoding and input method in question:
> fontMenu.setSelectedItem( "AR PL KaitiM GB" );
> fontMenu.setSelectedItem( "UnGungseo" );
>
> Now the strange grey square blocks don't appear when I input
> katakana/hiragana/kanji using the "kinput2
> -canna" input method.
>
> NOTE: I still get the strange grey square blocks but only when the wrong font is
> used for the input userTextArea. i.e. the default java -jar Font2DTest.jar
> still gives strange grey square blocks after placeing the ttf file in the
> jre/lib/fonts directory because it still uses the default "Dialog" font for the
> input userTextArea which doesn't seem to have nihongo characters.
>
> Could someone please advise me why the default Dialog font doesn't support
> nihongo straight out of the box? Is this the correct behaviour?
>
> David Marceau wrote:
> > Hi there everyone,
> >
> > My name is David Marceau. I am researching how to develop a java gui that is
> > multilingual and that accepts japanese character input. How do I make Debian
> > java jdk1.5 accept japanese character input and properly display these in a java
> > gui components(i.e. textarea/combobox...)?
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------
> > CURRENT CONFIGURATION
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------
> > I am using:
> > -Debian unstable version
> > -Debian is configured japanese EUC-JP.
> > -Debian keyboard input for japanese works via "kinput2 -canna" with mozilla and
> > openoffice with no problems.
> >
> > Here is how I installed jdk1.5 with debian unstable:
> > # in order to have make-jpkg, you need to install the virtual package
> > # "java-package". You need to download the jdk15.bin file from sun.
> > # Then you create a .deb/knoppix package with this.
> > fakeroot make-jpkg jdk-1_5_0-linux-i586.bin
> > dpkg -i sun-j2sdk1.5_1.5.0+final_i386.deb
> > apt-get install sun-j2sdk1.5debian
> >
> > #once it is installed
> > #the command lines aren't pointing to the new 1.5 tools
> > # you need to do the following
> > update-alternatives --config java
> > update-alternatives --config javac
> > update-alternatives --config serialver
> > # there are many other jdk command-line tools that need to have
> > # their alternatives changed to point to the 1.5 bin path
> > # update-alternatives --config serialver
> > #
> > # There are 3 alternatives which provide `serialver'.
> > #
> > # Selection Alternative
> > # -----------------------------------------------
> > # + 1 /usr/lib/j2se/1.4/bin/serialver
> > # 2 /usr/bin/serialver-cp
> > # * 3 /usr/lib/j2sdk1.5-sun/bin/serialver
> > #
> > # Press enter to keep the default[*], or type selection number: 3
> > # Using `/usr/lib/j2sdk1.5-sun/bin/serialver' to provide `serialver'
> > #
> > # Do this update-alternatives dance to all the jdk tools you need to use.
> > # If you don't you will come up with
> > # some funky errors you won't know where they came from
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------
> > TO DEMONSTRATE WHERE MY PROBLEM ARISES
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------
> > cd jdk1.5.0/demo/jfc/Font2DTest
> > java -jar Font2DTest.jar
> > When I select "USER TEXT" in the range combo box, a popup textarea dialog is
> > shown. When I do shift+space to enter japanese input method mode, the
> > characters I type display square gray blocks as opposed to true japanese
> > hiragana/katakana/kanji.
> > THAT IS THE PROBLEM...it doesn't display what I type properly.
> >
> > NOTE: Below the improperly displayed text is an update button that takes what I
> > typed in the user text box and draws this into the main dialog's font canvas.
> > Surprisingly when I press the update button, the main dialog's font canvas
> > displays the hiragana/katakana/kanji properly while the user text dialog's
> > characters still display my input with square blocks???
> >
> > I am aware of
> > jfc/CodePointIM/CodePointIM.jar
> > docs/guide/imf/spi-sample/CityIM.jar
> > and I tried putting them in the jre/lib/ext directory but I didn't see any
> > changes. It still displayed square blocks when I type in japanese input mode.
> > That said I didn't see the expected input method menu in the window's command
> > button displayed.
> >
> > Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for considering
> > my request.
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