Re: AbiWord isn't so i18n after all?

From: Ryan Pavlik <abiryan_at_ryand.net>
Date: Tue Apr 05 2005 - 13:45:32 CEST

Nikolay Karelin wrote:

>Hello Ivan,
>
>Monday, April 4, 2005, 7:23:21 PM, you wrote:
>
>
>IJ> This is what I see when I type in "helo" in Russian with a typo:
>
>IJ> http://ablogic.net/files/abiword.gif
>
>IJ> Mmmm. I wonder if I should replace "helo" with ???? or ????? or perhaps
>IJ> even ?????
>
>IJ> BTW I'm not sure how much of abiword problem it is, becausee I have the same
>IJ> problem with outlook express - whenever I recieve a message that's in
>IJ> Russian, the subject appears as a bunch of question marks, but I can read
>IJ> the body just fine (although sometimes I have to go and switch encoding to
>IJ> UTF or KOI8).
>
>IJ> Any ideas?
>
>Please mention what OS, spell-check engine and AbiWord version you
>use... All telepaths are on vacations ;))
>
>I have quite good suggestions on MS win2000 (both drop-down menu and
>spell-check window) and, yes, a lot of ????? under MS win98.
>(Belarusian ispell dictionary, cp1251 encoding, AbiWord 2.0.11)
>
>
>
On Windows, we use the Uniscribe graphics services to provide
internationalized character support. This works best on Windows XP.

-- 
Ryan Pavlik
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