In fact, Fang Qian has written a gtk+ based gui application for this. Though I personally think it is way too overkill to write a gui application for this simple task, a less-than-5-line CLI script is enough for this. At least the CLI does not introduce gtk+ dependency to kde users.
On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 4:18 PM, Yunkwan <chanyunkwan0...@gmail.com> wrote: > then, why not write a script to let people change the default Asian font > easily? like the im-swtich script that let us switch the default input > method. > > On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 1:50 PM, Qianqian Fang <fan...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 04/10/2010 12:19 AM, Dsegun Ludice wrote: >> > I think this bug is already mixed two issues. The reporter said "the >> > system is not using this font as the default chinese font". >> >> all I am saying is we need to tease apart the >> bug bits from a wishlist. Issue 1 is a bug, issue 2 is >> a wishlist. I bet you can not solve issue 1 solely >> by bumping the priority of microhei; because if you >> do that, Japanese Kanji will be shown in microhei, >> and it will be another bug. >> >> > For the >> > second issue, i personally think bitmap should not appear in a modern >> > operating system. >> >> I agree that this is likely true for Latin fonts, but for >> Chinese, this was not that clear, at least not as many non-CJK >> developers thought it was. The only data we have related >> to Chinese font preference is the poll at Ubuntu Chinese >> forum a few years ago. It showed a 7:3 split for >> vector:bitmap preferred users from >300 voters. >> True, bitmaps users are minority, but I won't call >> 30% negligible. >> >> -- >> default chinese font isn't ttf-wqy-microhei >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/555184 >> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber >> of the bug. >> >> Status in Ubuntu Translations (internationalization and localization): >> Triaged >> Status in “fontconfig” package in Ubuntu: New >> Status in “language-selector” package in Ubuntu: New >> Status in “language-support-fonts-zh-hans” package in Ubuntu: New >> >> Bug description: >> ttf-wqy-microhei is installed in Lucid by default. However... the system is >> not using this font as the default chinese font. it's using an ungly chinese >> font... sometimes，bitmap fonts are used. it looks weird. >> hope this can be fix soon. >> >> To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-translations/+bug/555184/+subscribe >> > > -- > default chinese font isn't ttf-wqy-microhei > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/555184 > You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu > Simplified Chinese Translators, which is subscribed to language-support- > fonts-zh-hans in ubuntu. > -- default chinese font isn't ttf-wqy-microhei https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/555184 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
