Cyrillic on Linux? Please help.

malex almaslov at yahoo.com
Thu Nov 16 11:41:25 UTC 2006


Thank you, but I've most of this before posting. Maybe I've missed something
- will re-read.



Klaus D. Witzel wrote:
> 
> Hi malex,
> 
> you can find all that was discussed (incl. typing russian, IMHO) yourself  
> by query
> 
> - http://www.google.com/search?q=russian+site:lists.squeakfoundation.org
> 
> This way you dont have to wait and can perhaps refer to a related  
> discussion.
> 
> HTH.
> 
> /Klaus
> 
> On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 11:23:55 +0100, malex wrote:
> 
>>
>> 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.
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>>>> Linux--Please-help.-tf2641665.html#a7373898
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>>>>
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