[Tomohiro KUBOTA] > I found that cdebconf requires translated templates to have > ".UTF-8" in the field names. For example, "sudo dpkg-reconfigure ssh" > doesn't show such error messages.
Aha, I was not aware of that limitation, but it sounds reasonable. All the d-i modules uses UTF-8 encoded templates. > Is it enough for cdebconf to support only UTF-8? I mean, isn't it > used for ordinary packages, though debian-installer-related packages > might be carefully built to have ".UTF-8" templates? I believe it is OK to limit cdebconf to only handle UTF-8 encoded templates, but believe it should be able to output using other charsets as well. We will not need it in d-i, because we decided to standardize on UTF-8 output, but it might be useful for cdebconf to be a full debconf replacement. > BTW, I didn't think about possibility that the debian-installer > doesn't use internationalized terminal which can display (for > example) Japanese characters. If Japanese characters cannot be > displayed (by using bogl-bterm, jfbterm, and so on), Japanese > translations will never be useful. d-i will use bogl-bterm and UTF-8 if rootskel-locale and bterm is installed on the boot floppy, and the kernel booted supports framebuffer. If not, it will use to ASCII. A related problem is the availability of the font. The build system will make a redused font with all the glyphs used on the boot floppy, but need to update the font when more d-i modules are installed by anna, to make sure the extra glyphs are available when the texts for these packages are to be displayed. I'm not sure if this is handled at the moment. > This problem is not limited to Japanese. Since Korean, Chinese, > Russian, Greek, and so on are affected by this problem, Japanese- > specific solution is not very good, I think. If you see the language question in the beginning of d-i install, you should see character for all these langauges. BTW: Please check the question text in tools/languagechooser to make sure the japanese text matches the form of the other questions. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
