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11:09:22
smokeink
now the only problem is that I can't figure out how to setup the fonts so that XwcDrawString doesn't draw gibberish
11:14:56
smokeink
the prog above just draws the characters that one inputs. The English chars are displayed fine, but the non-English ones are not- I still have to see why it doesn't choose the proper font
13:57:39
smokeink
installed some extra fonts and now Japanese, Russian and Traditional Chinese inputs are displayed correctly. Simplified Chinese and Arabic are still problematic though
13:58:44
smokeink
no idea why, because the other apps were displaying languages correctly even before I installed these extra fonts
14:02:44
smokeink
I can type any language I want inside xTerm and it'll display all characters just fine. Doing the same in that simple X11 IME app above results in garbage, it can't figure out the fonts , except for Japanese and Russian (and I think Traditional Chinese works because it's using the Japanese font)
14:18:07
smokeink
XCreateFontSet uses "-*-*--*-*-*-*" so it should be able to find the necessary fonts... Could the problem be that XLoadQueryFont(display,"*9x15"); ??
14:59:20
jackdaniel
_heisig: just a vague plan to eat dinner in a restaurant near the beach. We'd love to meet with you if you are interested :)