From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 649 invoked by uid 1002); 9 Sep 2003 14:04:23 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 4079 invoked from network); 9 Sep 2003 14:04:22 -0000 From: Lim Swee Tat To: Greg Aumann Cc: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <3F5D3DE6.3000503@sil.org> References: <3F5D3DE6.3000503@sil.org> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-1tX/nWkk549tY5Mip/fJ" Organization: Ernitech Consulting Message-Id: <1063116360.32039.22.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.4 Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2003 22:06:00 +0800 Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Gentoo-UTF8 X-Archives-Salt: 6db66a3b-55fe-4a07-9824-ea25c7b7d73d X-Archives-Hash: fdeea39b53161e5b151ec780db805307 --=-1tX/nWkk549tY5Mip/fJ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, It will be interesting to see this happen. Does this happen at the xfree layer of things or does this happen at the kde level of things?? I'm interested to help out with this. Ciao ST Lim On Tue, 2003-09-09 at 10:41, Greg Aumann wrote: > I am quite interested in converting my gentoo system to UTF-8. I haven't=20 > gone any further than using a UTF-8 locale yet. I am also writing an=20 > ebuild for the Openi18n input method framework=20 > http://www.openi18n.org/subgroups/im/IIIMF/ >=20 > I am particularly interested in input methods, fonts and getting Chinese=20 > going under UTF-8. >=20 > Greg >=20 > > Hello, > > I'm looking for some advice to make a Gentoo installation thats > > completely UTF-8 compliant. This is a developer issue, as I'm also > > looking for what regards will be required from our side to make UTF-8 > > the default for applications and userspace tools, as well as how to mak= e > > it work nicely in the console. > >=20 > > So far I think RedHat is the one distribution thats "ahead" in this > > case, (I haven't had the chance to try SuSe) but they fail too (gtk+-1.= 2 > > for example will make fun things happen when it hits =C3=B6=C3=A6=C3=B8= =C3=98=C3=86=C3=85=C3=84=C3=96=C3=A5=C3=A4 ) > >=20 > > So, a roadmap of sorts, perhaps documentation and a list of "broken > > apps" in regards to this would be a nice start, and then providing > > buildfixes and patches to make things work as supposed.... > >=20 > >=20 > > yep, this goal is pretty big and will be a long time thing that should > > probably be covered by USE=3D"utf8" or other flag, but in this case I'= m > > looking for input from developers and users who have ideas on how to > > make this happen and make it a smooth transition. > >=20 > >=20 > > //Spider >=20 >=20 >=20 > -- > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list -- oOoOo She is descended from a long line that her mother listened oOoOo oOoOo to. oOoOo oOoOo -- Gypsy Rose Lee oOoOo --=-1tX/nWkk549tY5Mip/fJ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQA/Xd5I2aIeq+xehYwRAo4DAKCRQS1QWO8HZvkZHQmhx6Qb9dC8ZgCdGzO8 M3Fr6EMyeTBzsTdhHmXyGIo= =VFVn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-1tX/nWkk549tY5Mip/fJ--