Cyrillic on Linux? Please help.

malex almaslov at yahoo.com
Thu Nov 16 10:23:55 UTC 2006


Bert,

  I'm sorry for asking dumb question but I'm new to Squeak and Smalltalk 
in general so it's hard for me to find out how to output Unicode string
quickly.
Could you please type the line that prints Unicode output so I could try it
in the Workspace. Thanks a lot!



Bert Freudenberg-2 wrote:
> 
> First, make sure output works, that is, you can actually display  
> cyrillic glyphs. Look up the unicode code points, hand-assemble a  
> string, and display it using your font.
> 
> On Nov 16, 2006, at 10:00 , malex wrote:
> 
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>>   Cannot make Squeak accept Cyrillic symbols under Linux (Ubuntu,
>> LANG=en_AU.UTF-8). Please help!!! :)
>> If it does not work we won't be able to continue using Squeak :(
>>
>>   Tried the following:
>> 1. Installed ttfFontReaderRefactored from SqueakMap.
>> 2. Installed RussianSupport from SqueakSource via Monticello.
>> 3. Run the following code in the Workspace:
>>
>> "sometimes squeak hangs when new fonts are being enabled - hope  
>> this make
>> doIt more safe."
>> World collapseAll.
>>
>> "This will ask for font directory - point to location where your  
>> ttf files
>> reside. It also will suggest you to enable freshly installed fonts in
>> browsers, etc."
>>
>> TTFontReader suggestBatchInstallToUser.
>>
>> "This switches locale to Russian - wait a couple of seconds".
>> Locale switchToID: (LocaleID isoLanguage: 'ru').
>>
>> 4. Changed default font to Arial.
>>
>> 5. Trying to type something in Russian in newly opened Workspace  
>> window -
>> nothing happens, no symbol gets entered.
>>
>>   Thank you very much in advance.
>> -- 
>> View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Cyrillic-on- 
>> Linux--Please-help.-tf2641665.html#a7373898
>> Sent from the Squeak - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
>>
>>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

-- 
View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Cyrillic-on-Linux--Please-help.-tf2641665.html#a7375001
Sent from the Squeak - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.




More information about the Squeak-dev mailing list