Re: How to change font encoding?

Chris Carlen wrote:

> We set the language to Thai, and that makes everything Thai.  

That is what I thought would happen.  So, that *IS* how you change the 
default font encoding.

> We don't want that.  We want KDE in English, but the ability to type names for 
> files in Thai or English.
>
> It seems to me that they broke the ability to do this.
>
> Very unfortunate.

I wasn't aware that it had the ability to do that.

Andrew thinks that it might work though.

Are you using a UniCode font for the Desktop.  This a necessary, 
condition for this to work.

There is a UniCode version of Arial.

UNFORTUNATELY, M$ no longer offers the font for download so you will
need to find the file somewhere else.

You can search the file name (aruniupd.exe) on Google or there are
links on this page:

        http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/unitest.jsp

I had to unpack this with cabextract:

        cabextract -L  -d  .  aruniupd.exe

All you need is the file: "arialuni.ttf", delete the other stuff.

The UniCode font: Cyberbit is available at:

ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/misc/netscape/communicator/extras/fonts/windows/

There are three versions.  Cyberbit.ZIP is the complete font
including Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.  This is a standard zip
file that can be unpacked with the command:

        unzip  -L  Cyberbit.ZIP

You need to install one of these and select it as the fonts for your 
desktop.  Everything but "Fixed Width".

I don't know how to make it work if it isn't automatic.  If automatic, 
the file names that you generate while in English should remain in Roman 
characters when you switch the Language to Thai and the converse.

--
JRT


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