[osol-discuss] Re: Re: Mess

[W. Wayne Liauh]

> I have noticed that (at least with 10u3) there seems
> to be a font page switching problem when switching to
> a different locale.
> 
> For example, when I created a "StarOffice 8" launcher
> in simplified Chinese locale, the label "StarOffice
> 8" disappeared when I logged into the en_US.UTF-8
> locale.
> 

Just realized that the launcher was created in a non-unicode locale (GB18030), where font page switching is not supposed to work.

When I re-did the exercise in zh_CN.UTF-8, everything now seems to be working in proper order.  Me bad.


> I used to encounter this kind of problem at lot in
> Linux, but the recent version of SuSE (10.2) has
> solved this problem.

Most Linux distros have switched to providing unicode-only locales.  In a sense, Solaris has more options.
 
 
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