Hi, > >> I need some input from Japanese users: how can I check in a VERY SIMPLE > >> way if the console works with japanese characters[1]? > Sorry, I was not clear. I meant: how can A PROGRAM check that...
Ok, you'd like to check your software outputs Japanese messages properly. Then, install kterm (x11 section) and xfonts-cjk (x11). kterm can always display JIS (aka ISO-2022-JP). It can display either EUC-JP or SHIFT-JIS, adding to JIS. This is changed by pop-up menu displayed by pushing Ctrl key and mouse middle button. # kterm can display ISO-8859-*, KSC5601 (Korean), and GB2312 # (simplified Chinese) character sets besides JIS X 0201/0208/0212 # Japanese simultaneously if these characters are encoded in # compliance with ISO-2022. You should check at first kterm is properly installed by the way I wrote in the previous mail. Then check your software on kterm. > >BTW, what are you making? > I rewrote the RIPE whois client. > Now when querying the japanese whois server it adds the /e parameter > by default (to query for english text) but I'd like to not add it if > the user does understand japanese. Sorry, I don't know what 'whois' is. I'll forward your message to Debian JP Developers' Mailing List and we may get more information about proper Japanese handling. --- Tomohiro KUBOTA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://surfchem0.riken.go.jp/~kubota/
